The Baluarte de Santiago (Spanish for "Bastion of Santiago"), also known as the Bastion of Gunpowder, is located on Street Francisco Canal S/N, between Avenues Gómez Farías and 16 Septiembre, in the port city of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.

The Baluarte de Santiago was part of the construction of seven bastions that would form the defensive system of the walled city of Veracruz.

The bastion was located at the southern tip of the walled city, off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

[5] The Joyas del Pescador (the Fisherman's Jewels) are Prehispanic pieces of jewelry found by the octopus fisherman Raúl Hurtado in 1976 about 20 km north of the city of Veracruz, in a Colonial Spanish shipwreck.

[6] The jewels were suspected to have an archaeological background, which was further confirmed by specialists from the University of Veracruz and INAH.