The only reason I wont tell you is because you got that question from
"Summer Bridge Activities". Fail.
Old Quebec City, Quebec is the only walled-city in North America that is left standing outside of Mexico. Quebec City is the capital of Quebec and the second-largest city in the province.
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Quebec City qualifies as such.
the only walled city in north America is southern whoodall, Carolina
Quebec City is the capital of Quebec. Quebec's Old Town (Vieux-Québec) is the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist.
Quebec City is the capital of Quebec. Quebec's Old Town (Vieux-Québec) is the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist.
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Yes, it is called Campeche.
Quebec City (Canada).
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Campeche, on the west coast of the Yucatan Penninsula in Mexico, has a very substantial wall built by the Spanish to fend off English and French buccaneers. It is a World Heritage Site. We visited it a month ago. The old walled city is in beautiful condition, almost as good a Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeche,_Campeche Quebec is another walled city in North America. Algonquin for "where the river narrows", Quebec was originally a French port in the early 19th century. It was built at the narrowest part of the St. Lawrence river so that no ship could sail towards the Great Lakes, or to the Atlantic Ocean, with out permission from whoever controlled it. Other walled cities in North America include St. Augustine, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina.Spanish St. Augustine was the first of only three walled cities ever constructed in North America; the other two are (English) Charleston, South Carolina and (French) Quebec City, Canada. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida