Santiago Bastion, also known as the "bastion of gunpowder", is located on the street Francisco Mexican port town of Veracruz, just five blocks from City Hall. The second name due to the fact that in the basement of the fortress kept gunpowder and weapons of war. This military structure was built in 1635. The wall protects the town consisted of nine bastions, which formed the defense system of the city. It is the only surviving bastion. On the Gulf Coast, the Port of Veracruz often suffered from pirate attacks.

Today, Santiago, with its thick and high walls with traces of the bullets, the military is the only remnant of the defensive system of the city. Other strongholds were destroyed in the late nineteenth century. Inside is a museum opened here in 1991. Its exposition contains various documents and objects from the colonial era and offers a small permanent exhibition of pre-Columbian jewelry called "Treasures of the fisherman", consisting of 42 pieces - bracelets, earrings, pectorals. All this wealth was discovered on the bottom of the sea by local fishermen, so for the collection and the name stuck. During the tour you will be told about the methods used by the master in pre-Columbian jewelry making.