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Founded in 1557, the capital of the The breathtaking Colonial city, The Franciscan priests built here the state is one of the most beautiful in founded in 1542, also offers a vast magnificent Temple of San Juan the country thanks to its rich architec- variety of religious sites, as the San Bautista. The Palacio Municipal and tural patrimony. Guanajato, consid- Miguel Arcángel Parish; the Tem- the hills of Prieto and El Grande are ered a World Heritage Site, possesses ple of la Concepción (Las Mon- other worth-admiring sites. various religious monuments such as jas), the Temple of Nuestra Photo: © CP T M / Ri c a r do Es p inosa– re o Photo: the Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato © CP T M / Ri c a r do Es p inosa– re o Photo: Señora de la Salud, the Former Abasolo City of Guanajuato. Sanctuary of Jesús de Nazareno, Atotonilco. Basilica, the temples of la Compañía, Convent of San Francisco, the de San Diego, San Francisco, de los Temples of Tercera Orden and of It offers quite amusing places such Hospitales, de San Roque, Belén, the seat of the Festival Internacional Plaza Mayor, del Baratillo, Igna- San Rafael, and San Felipe Neri as the Cristianidad House and the San Cayetano or La Valenciana and Cervantino, but also because it has a cio Allende, de San Fernando, de Oratory. Other interesting places alkaline and thermal water spas of Mineral de Cata. Among the most in- broad variety of cultural sites, such as los Ángeles, Casimiro Chowell are the Ignacio Allende´s House Here are San Luis Rey de Francia Caldera, Huitzaro and Capitiro. teresting buildings are the Alhóndi- the Quijote Iconographical Mu- and de San Roque. Other interest- Historic Museum, the la Esquina Parish, the San Luisito Chapel, the ga de Granaditas, the Principal The- seum, the Guanajuato Regional ing sites are the Callejón del Beso Museum, the Ángela Peralta The- Temple of las Tres Aves Marías, Pénjamo ater, the Juárez Theater, the Palacio Museum, the Mineralogy Museum, (Alley of the Kiss), the Condesa Al- ater, Pedro Vargas’ House, the the Ecce Homo Temple, the Santua- Legislativo, the old hacienda of Bo- the Olga Acosta and José Chávez ley, the Miguel Hidalgo Tunnel, Conspiraciones House, the Lore- rio Temple, the Parochial Temple, The Remedios Temple, the San camina San Ramón and the Conde Morado Art Museum, the Guanajua- the Pípila Monument, the Cam- to House, the Benito Juárez Park, the Vértiz Portal and the Presiden- Francisco Parish and the Temples of Rul Mansion. The city also has a vast to Autonomous University, the panero Bridge, the Tecolote the Principal Garden and the ob- cia Municipal are interesting sites San Gregorio, la Cuevita, of San An- cultural offers, not only because it is Pueblo de Guanajuato Museum, Slope, the Hidalgo Market and servation point of San Miguel to visit here. tonio, Guadalupe and San Juan are the Diego Rivera House Museum, the the gardens of Unión, Embajado- Lookout. The natural attractions some of the religious monuments Tía Aura´s House Museum, the Gene ras and Reforma. In its surround- the city offers include the Orchid San José Iturbide here. Other interesting sites are the Byron House Musuem, the Wax Mu- ings, the mines of Guadalupe Garden, the natural reserve of Corralejo Hacienda, today the site seum, the Holy Inquisition Museum, or Pata de Elefante, La Valen- Charco del Ingenio and El Cante The main attraction here is the San of the Wine and Bottle Musuem, the Dieguino Musuem, the Alfredo ciana, El Nopal, de la Garrapata Botanical Garden. It is also worth José Iturbide Parish, an imposing and the Hidalgo Monument. It pos- Dugès Natural History Museum and and the Former Hacienda San visiting the Sanctuary of Jesús de building with a Neoclassic style fa- sesses natural attractions such as the Musueum of the Mummies. Gabriel de Barrera are outstand- Nazareno in the nearby village of cade. the Golondrina Dam and the Sierra Several plazas and “plazuelas” can be ing cultural options the visitor

Photo: © CP T M / R. Es p inosa– re o Photo: Atotonilco which, together with de Pénjamo. Miguel Hidalgo Tunnel, Guanajuato. visited here, including De la Paz or should not miss. San Miguel de Allende, were grant- ed the title of World Heritage Site Salvatierra by the UNESCO. Though famous for its milk-made to Minerology Museum City of GUANAJUATO sweets, as cajeta (milk caramel) and The Capuchin Nuns’ Temple and obleas, it is also the industrial center Convent, the Temple of Carmen or

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Pueblo de Guanajuato Museum P Cantador anorá Temples of El Carmen, La Tercera Or- attractions are the City Museum and 110 Wax Museum San Fernando Alfredo Dugés Natural History Museum Alameda m den and La Merced. The Presidencia Historic Archive, the Plaza de Ar- éxico ica

M o Plaza Guanajuato Autonomous University g Plaza Mayor Conde Rul Mansion Municipal, la Plaza de Armas, the mas, the Hidalgo Market, the Co- ibertad eñitas

idal P L H Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato Basilica Celaya Mummies Museum and lumna Portals, the Batanes Bridge, Panorá Principal Theater mica Pantheon, the Hydraulic Tower or almost 200 meters long and built over ica P tarjea m eñitas Juárez Theater A ayetanoanorá la C P Bola de Agua, the Diezmo House, the River Lerma between 1649 and e D an S the Palas Great-House and the Cañi- 1652, as well as the Cerro Culiacán, Panorá mica Temple of San Francisco to Plaza de San Roque, Temple of Quijote Iconographic Museum tos Market are also worth-visiting. the tallest peak in the state. Belem and Temple of San Cayetano San Miguel de Allende. únel T Libre pio unici M © CP T M / Ri c a r do Es p inosa– re o Photo:

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El Cóporo San Felipe San Diego de la Unión Torres Mochas Valle de Santiago

57 This town is the seat of the temples San Luis de la Paz of Del Hospital, San Francisco, San José, Santiago, del Misterio and Del Carmen. The area of the Siete Victoria Luminarias and the hills of El Pica- Mineral de Pozos cho, El Varal, Cerro Blanco, La Batea León guanajuato Santa Catarina and El Tule are other sites to visit. 45 Tierra Blanca 110 51 Siete Luminarias del Purísima de Valle de Santiago Protected Bustos Atotonilco San José Iturbide Natural Area San Francisco Guanajuato del Rincón Ignacio Allende Dam It is a volcanic region with inactive

111 craters, some of which host lakes of 37 San Miguel de Allende sulphurous and saline water. 28 Cañada de la Virgen Archaeological sites querEtaro Cd. Manuel Doblado In Pre-Hispanic times, mostly during Neutla the Classic period (AD 200-900), the 84 region of Guanajuato was inhabited Cuerámaro Juventino Rosas San Miguel by ethnic groups that, despite shar- to Tepatitlan Octopan ing some cultural elements with the Salamanca querétaro Celaya Mesoamerican area, possessed very Pueblo Nuevo distinctive features. Pertaining to this Villagrán to Mexico City 43 Cortázar Pénjamo Peralta Apaseo so called Tradition of the Bajío are nu- 90 Abasolo el Alto merous sites, some already explored Las Siete Valle de Santiago 51 Luminarias and open to visitors, including those La Piedad Plazuelas of El Cóporo, Plazuelas, Cañada de Huanimaro la Virgen and Peralta. tourist attractions Tarimoro Capital Lagoon Town El Mármol Salvatierra Archaeological zone Yuriria Jerécuaro Highlights Natural area Santiago Maravatío Moroleón Magical town Museum Airport 120 Civil architecture Monument Religious architecture Peralta. Two-way highway michoacán 43 Folk art Acámbaro Central Square Federal highway at, d mc / inah M. Ma r at, Photo: Cuisine Secondary highway Mission to Morelia Note: The symbols refer to the Road spots described in this guide. Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Parish , Dolores Hidalgo. Dolores Hidalgo Mineral de Pozos Irapuato

Also known as the Cradle of the Inde- This magical town located at the Referred to as Strawberry Capital of pendence –Miguel Hidalgo’s rebellion foothills of the Sierra Gorda stands the World, has worth-visiting places started here in September 1810–, out for its old haciendas and mines such as the Temple of Misericordia

this magical town offers various sites such as the Cinco Señores and © CP T M / R. Es p inosa– re o Photo: o del Hospitalito, the Temple of San to visit: the Nuestra Señora de los Do- Santa Brígida, the later still keep- Hacienda Chimneys. Mineral de Pozos Francisco, the Temple of Nuestra lores Parish, the Principal Plaza or Hi- ing the towers and the three pyra- Señora de la Soledad, the Presi- dalgo Garden, the Asunción Parish, midal chimneys of its furnaces. esting sites such as the Church of dencia Municipal, the City Muse- the Tercera Orden Temple, the Señor Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, the um, in the building of what formerly del Llanito Temple, the Visitas Salamanca Guadalupe Sanctuary, the Temples was the House of the Holy Inquisi- House, the Abasolo House, the Inde- © CP T M / Ri c a r do Es p inosa– re o Photo: of the Hospital, San Francisco, de la tion, the Fundadores Plaza, the Hi- pendencia Museum, the Bicentena- This city, founded in 1603, offers Soledad, San Antonio and Expiato- dalgo Garden and the Hacienda of rio Museum, the Hidalgo House Mu- León Silao lovely places such as the San Juan rio or de la Promesa, as well as Tres San José del Copal. seum and the José Alfredo Jiménez de Sahagún Agustinian Temple, Ermitas. Other worth-visiting places Museum. A very short distance away Founded in 1566, it is a modern and The monumental, 20-meter tall the Temple of the Señor del are the Local Museum, the Fray Ber- Moroleón is the Erre Hacienda, one of the oldest industrious city nowadays that sculpture of Cristo Rey is located in Hospital, holding the famous nardo Padilla Museum, the Aque- in the country and first quarter for the stands out for its production of fine this town, on the top of the Cerro “Cristo Negro” (Black Christ), the duct, one of the first engineering This village includes some interest- Insurgent Army, can also be visited. leather and shoes. Among the inter- del Cubilete. Other places to ad- Old Parish, the Temple of the Tres works in Colonial Mexico, and the ing sites as the Señor de Esquipuli- esting sites not to miss here are the mire are the la Santiago Apóstol Caídas, the Nativitas Parish and Stone Bridge, dating from 1751. It tas Parish, the Club de Leones Cave San Felipe Torres Mochas Cathedral Basilica of la Luz, the Sa- Parish, the Temple of Santuario, the Church of San Juan de la also offers fascinating sites such as the and the Presidencia Municipal. Its grado Corazón de Jesús Expiatory the Temple of the Casa de Ejerci- Presa. Other interesting sites are thermal waters of Chamácuaro and natural attractions include the hills Founded in 1562, this town offers Temple, the Sagrario de San Se- cios, the José y Tomás Chávez Mo- the Galería del Bicentenario (Hi- the Presa Solís. of los Amoles, Blanco and El Melón. the visitor captivating sites such as the bastián Parish, the Inmaculado rado Musuem, the Mina Park and dalgo Museum), the Principal Gar- San Felipe Apóstol Parish, the San Corazón de María Temple, Nuestra the Expo Center Guanajuato Bi- den, the Miguel Hidalgo Civic Pla- Miguel Arcángel Parish, the Virgen Señora de los Ángeles Temple and centenario Park. za, the House of Cuture, the de la Soledad Temple, the Hidalgo the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora Presidencia Municipal, the House Folk Art and rompope, as well as other can- The typical Guanajato hand-crafted dies as trompadas, muéganos, House Museum (La Francia Chiqui- de Guadalupe. Other points of in- of the Inquisition, the Railway products include the scaled wax charamuscas; other delicacies in- ta) and the Principal Plaza. Sur- terest are the Arco del Triunfo, the Station and the Tipical House of objects of Salamanca; the baroque clude the caramelized strawberries rounded by natural sites, among las Ollas (House of Pots). Principal Plaza, the Palacio Muni- silver of San Miguel de Allende; the and sorbets of Irapuato. The most which it is recommended to visit the cipal, the Mártires Plaza, the Fun- majolica of Guanajuato; the pot- popular dishes in the region are the Vergel de la Sierra Forest, the glen of dadores Plaza, in the center of Acámbaro tery and Talavera-like ceramics of gorditas de tierras negras (corn tor- Los Panales and La Quemada Ha- which is located the Leones Foun- Dolores Hidalgo, the ruanas and tillas filled with pork, cheese and gua- © CP T M / R. Es p inosa– re o cienda. In the village of Jaral de Be- tain, the Diego Rivera House of Former Convent of San Agustín. Yuriria. This historical city, the general jorongos of San Luis de la Paz and jillo chile), the enchiladas filled with rrios rests the San Diego del Jaral de Culture, the Polifórum, the Manuel quarter of the Ejército Grande de the shoes and other leather goods pig feet, the encurtidos (pickled Berrios Hacienda, the most spectac- Doblado Theater, the Arte Sacro Yuriria América and where Miguel Hidal- of Léon. foods), the menudo and the guaca- mayas (sandwiches with “chicharron” ular in the region. Museum, the Historic Archive and go was appointed Generalísimo Cuisine and pig skin in tomato sauce). The Archaeology Museum, the León This town is the home of an authen- de las Américas in 1810, has inter- Guanajato’s cuisine is characterized most representative drinks are the City Museum, the House of Mo- tic Novohispanic jewel: the Tem- mainly by its milk-made sweets: caje- colonche (fermented red tuna drink) nas, the Guanajuato Cultural Forum, ple and Former convent of San tas, obleas, jamoncillos, alfeñiques and the pulque. the Guanajuato Art and History Agustín, an enormous complex in Museum and the Opera Theater. excellent preservation conditions.

The natural beauties located in this Other attractions worth- visiting Al onso city are the Centro de Ciencias Ex- are the Temple of the Señor de la plora Park, the León Zoo, the Me- Preciosa Sangre de Cristo, the tropolitano Park and the Sierra de Temple of the Señor del Hospital Photo: © CP T M / R. Es p inosa– re o Photo: © CP T M / R. Es p inosa– re o Cathedral Basilica of la Luz, León. Lobos. and the Laguna de Yuriria. Mineral de Pozos . Photo: Ma. d e Lou r s Photo: © CP T M / Ri c a r do Es p inosa– re o Potter, Dolores Hidalgo. Dulce de leche or Cajeta, Celaya. And don’t miss . . .

• Walking the magical town of Mineral de Pozos • Go to the Siete Luminarias del Valle de Santiago • Visiting San Miguel de Allende • Shopping for leather goods in Léon • Going to the magical town of Dolores Hidalgo • Going to Atotonilco Sanctuary • Taking a good tour of Guanajuato, World Heritage • Attending the Festival Internacional Cervantino • Enjoying cajeta from Celaya • Admiring the archaeological sites

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