Sculpture of Pedro Sáinz de Baranda

Campeche


A block past the Hotel del Mar is a monumental sculpture of Pedro Sáinz de Baranda, a native son who played a key role in defeating the Spanish at their last stronghold in Veracruz, thus ending the War of Independence.


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