GUANAJUATO CENTRO NORTE ENGLISH VERSION O O RE Guanajuato RE San Miguel de Allende Victoria inosa– inosa– P Founded in 1557, the capital of the P The breathtaking Colonial city, The Franciscan priests built here the DO ES state is one of the most beautiful in DO ES founded in 1542, also offers a vast magnificent Temple of San Juan R R A A C the country thanks to its rich architec- C variety of religious sites, as the San Bautista. The Palacio Municipal and M / RI M / RI tural patrimony. Guanajato, consid- Miguel Arcángel Parish; the Tem- T the hills of Prieto and El Grande are T 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 PHOTO: the Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato © CP 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 San Luis de la Paz 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 O RE 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 inosa– P 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- M / R. ES T 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 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- Celaya 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 110 OTO of the state. It offers interesting sites San Ángelo Mártir, the San Bue- INSUR ÉXICO M M G ENCIA INEROS such as the Cathedral of Celaya, the naventura or San Francisco de Asís ERRE M Museum of the Mummies T AYO Temple and former Convent of San Convent, the Virgen de la Luz Sanc- M DE 5 UQUERO AS P Agustín, the Temple and former tuary and the Temple in the San M Alhóndiga de Granaditas ANES AL M ECO P M Diego Rivera House Museum ARCA EL Convent of San Francisco and the Juan Barrio are located here. Other Guanajuato Regional Museum C D 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 O M O Plaza Guanajuato Autonomous University G Plaza Mayor Conde Rul Mansion RE 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 inosa– Principal Theater P MICA Pantheon, the Hydraulic Tower or almost 200 meters long and built over ICA P TARJEA M EÑITAS Juárez Theater A AYETANO ANORÁ DO ES LA C P Bola de Agua, the Diezmo House, the River Lerma between 1649 and E R D AN A S C 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 M / RI Quijote Iconographic Museum T tos Market are also worth-visiting. the tallest peak in the state. Belem and Temple of San Cayetano San Miguel de Allende. ÚNEL IBRE T L PIO UNICI M © CP PHOTO: OTARIO R INO PANORÁ AM C GUANAJUATO MICA Embajadores Garden O GUANAJUATO RE SAN LUIS PotosÍ to San Luis Potosí inosa– P M / R. ES T Ocampo 51 PHOTO: © CP PHOTO: Valle de Santiago. El Cóporo San Felipe San Diego de la Unión MEXICO 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 Dolores Hidalgo 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 Silao 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. Romita 28 Cañada de la Virgen Archaeological sites QUEREtaro Cd. Manuel Doblado Comonfort In Pre-Hispanic times, mostly during Neutla Irapuato 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 Apaseo el Grande 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 Jaral del Progreso la Virgen and Peralta. tourist attractions Tarimoro CAPITAL Yuriria Lagoon TOWN Coroneo El Mármol Salvatierra ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE Yuriria Jerécuaro HIGHLIGHTS / INAH NATURAL AREA Santiago Maravatío Moroleón MAGICAL TOWN MUSEUM MC AIRPORT 120 AT, D AT, CIVIL ARCHITECTURE R MONUMENT RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE Peralta. TWO-WAY HIGHWAY michoacán 43 FOLK ART Acámbaro CENTRAL SQUARE FEDERAL HIGHWAY Tarandacuao PHOTO: M. MA PHOTO: CUISINE SECONDARY HIGHWAY MISSION to Morelia Note: The symbols refer to the ROAD spots described in this guide. Nuestra Señora de los Dolores O Parish , Dolores Hidalgo. RE Dolores Hidalgo Mineral de Pozos Irapuato inosa– P Also known as the Cradle of the Inde- This magical town located at the Referred to as Strawberry Capital of M / R. ES T O pendence –Miguel Hidalgo’s rebellion RE 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 inosa– P this magical town offers various sites such as the Cinco Señores and © CP PHOTO: o del Hospitalito, the Temple of San Hacienda Chimneys. Mineral de Pozos to visit: the Nuestra Señora de los Do- DO ES Santa Brígida, the later still keep- Francisco, the Temple of Nuestra R A lores Parish, the Principal Plaza or Hi- C ing the towers and the three pyra- Señora de la Soledad, the Presi- M / RI dalgo Garden, the Asunción Parish, T midal chimneys of its furnaces.