CHIHUAHUA NORTE ENGLISH VERSION Metropolitan Mission San Ignacio Cathedral. de Loyola, Cusárare. Chihuahua Other highlights include the Gov- Creel O ernment Palace, which also houses RE The state capital, founded in the Hidalgo Museum; the Munici- Designated a “magical town” by the inosa– 1709, has numerous attractions. pal Palace; the Museum of the Mexican Tourism Ministry, it was first P Visit its religious monuments, Mexican Revolution, also known founded in 1907 as a train stop. It is DO ES R A such as: the Metropolitan Cathe- as Villa’s House or Quinta Luz; the regarded as the gateway to the in- C O RE Juárez House Museum of Loyalty M / RI dral; the Church of Santa Rita, digenous Tarahumara zone and to T the city’s patron saint; the Church to the Republic; the Quinta Ga- the famed Copper Canyon. Visit the inosa– of San Francisco, one of the city’s meros University Culture Center, P Tarahumara Culture Folk Art Mu- PHOTO: © CP PHOTO: a neoclassical style building with DO ES oldest, and the Church of El Sa- R seum and the Church of Cristo Rey. A grado Corazón de Jesús. Rococo and Art Nouveau details, C Nearby is the town of Cusárare and M / RI T from there Cusárare Falls and the Urique Madera Mission and Museum of San Igna- cio de Loyola. One of the oldest towns in the Tara- It is home to Peñitas Dam, La Man- PHOTO: © CP PHOTO: humara region. Buy local folk art and ga Ranch as well as the Campo O Cerocahui sample tesqüino (corn beer). High- Verde Area of Protected Flora and RE the Tarike Museum; the Chihuahua lights include the Church of Santa Fauna. inosa– House Museum Cultural Patrimony P This town also has both cultural at- María Monserrat and Urique Can- Center; the Museum of Religious tractions—the Mission San Fran- yon, the deepest in the region, mea- Paquimé DO ES R Art; the cutting-edge science- A cisco Javier —and spots of natural suring 1879 m (6164 ft.). C oriented Centro Semilla Museum; beauty: Yepáravo Falls and the look- An archaeological zone named a M / RI T the Mammoth Museum; Casa out from Gallego Hill. Basaseachi Falls UNESCO World Heritage Site, it Redonda Contemporary Art Mu- National Park stands out for its distinctive adobe seum; the Aqueduct, and Nombre PHOTO: © CP PHOTO: architecture. Its ceremonial mounds Quinta Gameros University Culture Center. de Dios Caves. Pine forests predominate in this and multi-storied constructions park, which also hosts Basaseachi were built during its golden age Falls, Piedra Volada Falls, and Peña from AD 1205 to 1261. It was a true Mammoth Museum O del Gigante, which has Mexico’s city that had a large population CITY OF chihuahua RE highest vertical rock face: 885 m housed in a meticulously planned UÁREZ G . J ÓMEZ to the Nombre to the Casa Redonda V inosa– (2903 ft.). urban layout, reflected in the distri- A P M de Dios Caves Contemporary Art Museum ORIN A V Church of San Francisco . O A DO ES V C R AM . ÉROES INDE A P O H C C P ONSTITU ENDEN IÑOS N C M / RI IA Government Palace C T ANAL Hidalgo Museum IÓN C ROGRESOJuárez House Museum of J. P N ERI RAVO ALLE Loyalty to the Republic S B C ANTOS TORIA C OLÁS I IC V LDAMA A A N © CP PHOTO: V OBLADO . IMÉNEZ Centro Semilla Museum UÁREZ V J D . J ENUSTIANO V Municipal Palace Mission San Francisco Javier, Cerocahui. A OVIEMBRE C N Metropolitan Cathedral ARRANZA DE Religious Art Museum 20 Guachochi Chihuahua House Museum LLENDE M Cultural Patrimony Center A OLIVAR B IRADOR A O V . One of the principal indigenous set- RE O IMON C S DÍAZ AM ORDAZ P O tlements in the Sierra Tarahumara. Its ASEO A inosa– P V . P INDE to the Church of the attractions include the Towi Mu- Quinta Gameros University Culture Center PENDEN Sagrado Corazón de Jesús C seum, Sinforosa Canyon, Tonachi DO ES IA R A A M C OVIEMBRE Falls, and the splendid views from ORUNDA B IMÉNEZ N J DE COLI ILO M / RI F R mount Picacho and Huérachi Peak. T 20 EÓ ERRAZAS ÉNDEZ T C T TU M UERO Copper Canyon. Basaseachi TEMO SEC H ALLE F C UA D Falls, National Park. C ÍAZ Tarike Museum V ARLOS A ORDAZ C © CP PHOTO: FOTO: Museum of the Church of Santa Rita to the Aqueduct Mexican Revolution CHIHUAHUA Ciudad Juárez 24 2 bution of its structures. During the S Guadalupe CE Praxedis Guerrero time of its maximum splendor it had O/ RAÍ to Agua Prieta HIGHLIGHTS close to 2,000 rooms—for housing, C Porvenir Ascensión workshops and storage—grouped MAGICAL TOWN MUSEUM LOS BLAN 2 into complexes of diverse dimen- R CIVIL ARCHITECTURE MONUMENT 45 sions. It also had structures such as Janos RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE temples, ballcourts, a complex wa- FOLK ART PHOTO: CA PHOTO: CENTRAL SQUARE ter distribution system, and store- Paquimé. Ahumada HACIENDA CUISINE rooms to warehouse exotic products Note: The symbols refer to the Casas Grandes spots described in this guide. such as turkeys, scarlet macaws, Juan de Mata Ortiz Nuevo Casas Grandes agave, and shell objects. Paquimé Juan Mata Ortiz Casas acantilado It is famed for its ceramics, inspired by the archaeological zone of Pa- Cueva de la Olla quimé, but with a distinctive stamp. These ancient cliff houses are com- SONORA chihuahua U.S.A. San Buenaventura posed of diverse types of adobe Casas Grandes structures built inside caves and be- 40 Casas Ignacio Zaragoza Ojinaga neath rocky shelters in the Western This town is home to the Parish Coyame del Sotol Sierra Madre. All formed part of the Church of San Antonio de Padua, Valentín Gómez Farías regional system under Paquimé’s Madera Namiquimipa founded in 1611. Visit the nearby Huapoca control. The archaeological sites Benito Juárez Hacienda of San Diego and Colo- 16 open to the public are Cuarenta Ca- Cueva Grande nia Juárez, a typical Mormon col- Temosachic sas (40 Houses), Cueva Grande (Big Majalca Peaks Santa Elena Canyon ony featuring a white marble National Park Cave), Cueva de la Olla (Cave of the Aldama Flora and Fauna temple. Bachiniva Protection Area Pot), and Huapoca. Guerrero CHIHUAHUA Santa Eulalia O Nuevo Casas Grandes to Hermosillo Riva Palacio RE Julmes Adolfo López Cuauhtémoc La Perla inosa– Here you can visit the Cathedral, the P Mateos General Frías Meoqui Railroad Station, and Mennonite Dr. Belisario Santa Cruz Delicias DO ES Domínguez R A agricultural fields such as that of C San Juanito Saucillo Capulín, Colonia Dublán, a Mor- M / RI T Naica Basaseachic Falls La Cruz COAHUILA mon settlement, and Lake Rodolfo Carichic San Francisco © CP National Park Creel Cueva de la Olla. Fierro. San Francisco Camargo Cusárare de Conchos Valle de Zaragoza Cerocahui Copper Canyon Urique National Park O Jiménez Sierra de Peñoles RE Balleza Hidalgo del Parral inosa– Batopilas Valle de Allende Bolsón de P tourist attractions Mapimí San Francisco del Oro to Torreón Biosphere DO ES CAPITAL Guachochi Matamoros R Santa A Reserve C Bárbara TOWN Guadalupe M / RI T ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE NATURAL AREA to Durango AIRPORT Guadalupe PHOTO: © CP PHOTO: y Calvo Parish Church of San Antonio de Padua, Casas Grandes. TWO-WAY HIGHWAY MEXICO FEDERAL HIGHWAY DURANGO SECONDARY HIGHWAY ROAD SINALOA O RE inosa– P Copper O Hidalgo del Parral Ciudad Juárez RE DO ES R Canyon A C inosa– Gen. Francisco Villa was assassinated This border city is one of the most im- P M / RI One of the largest mountainous here in 1923. Founded in 1629 and T portant in the state. Highlights in- DO ES R masses on the American continent, it A also known as the “silver capital of the clude the Cathedral and Mission C is known for its spectacular land- world,” it is a foremost mining, com- © CP PHOTO: Guadalupe, with its original beam M / RI scapes. It consists of the canyons T mercial, and timber center. Its main Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, ceiling; the Church of de San José, Hidalgo del Parral. called Urique, Sinforosa, Batopilas, Copper Canyon. attractions are Alvarado Palace, the Church of San Lorenzo, Ciudad Oteros, Candameña, del Cobre, Francisco Villa Museum, Stallforth Juárez Historical Museum, Mu- PHOTO: © CP PHOTO: Tararecua, and Septentrión. Ex- House and Elisa Griensen House, Naica seum of Art and History, Former plore its natural wonders: Lake Ara- Religious Art Museum, La Prieta Customs House Museum and its an- Majalca Peaks the Church of Santa Rosalía, the reko, Cusárare Falls, the rocky for- Mine Museum, House of the Ma- Naica Mine is Mexico’s most impor- nex, the Garita de Metales, a metals National Park Clock Tower, the haciendas Las mations known as Mushroom yorazgo, and the former Hidalgo tant lead producer; it is renowned for checkpoint, El Chamizal Archaeo- Mesteñas and San Antonio de la Valley, Frog Valley, and Nun Valley, Theater, now the Central Library. the Cave of the Swords, which is logical Museum, and San Agustín With enormous rocky formations Ramada, and the Ojo Caliente hot the Recowata hot springs, Batopilas Religious monuments include the open to the public, and the Cave of Regional Museum. Stroll through El eroded by wind and rain, it is sur- springs. Canyon, Basaseachi Falls, one of the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de the Crystals, with selenite crystal Chamizal Park, Escobar Brothers rounded by tall conifer forests. It is tallest in Mexico at 246 m (807 ft.) Guadalupe and the Church of San formations up to 15 m (49 ft.) long Central Park and the Juárez Market.