Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Guanajuato is admired not only for its subterranean streets, mummies and a tangle of changeable streets, but also for being a beautiful colonial city with baroque temples. It’s considered the second colonial city in the country after the City of Mexico. Guanajuato has a lot of tourist attractions.
For example, two of the attractions are “La Valenciana” and “Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores”. They are beautiful churches located in Guanajuato. Tourists like to go and take pictures of the luxury structure.
La Valenciana was built in the XVIII century and belonged to the Earl of Rul, one of the proprietors of La Valenciana mine (The mine is recognized in Mexico because it has its own interesting story and legend). The building is a notable example of Mexican neoclassical architecture. The church’s frontage is covered with pink quarry stones. Also, it has religious paintings that have movement. It is located in the Peace Plaza.
Location: Highway Guanajuato-Dolores Hidalgo, km. 1.5
Mansion of the Earls of Rul and Valenciana
It was built in the XVIII century and belonged to the Earl of Rul, one of the proprietors of La Valenciana mine, who commissioned the works to architect Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras. The building, a notable example of Mexican neoclassical architecture, has two levels and its façade is covered with pink quarry stones. It is currently the seat of the College Tribunal of the Sixteenth Circuit, located in the Peace Plaza.
Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
The city of Dolores Hidalgo is a city located in the north of Guanajuato. This is a touristic and a famous place of Guanajuato because of it´s principal parish called “La parroquia de nuestra señora de los Dolores.” It is considered the cradle of the national independency. In this parish the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started with the independence from Spain the morning of 16 of September.
Another attraction of this city is the Miguel Hidalgo´s house. This place obviously is where the father of the nation lived. It´s now used as a museum where you can see not only all his furniture which is from the colonial times, but also important documents from the nation which were archived there just as the priest left them before going to the battle.
After visiting these two places you can visit the National Independence Museum, where you can observe important document from the Independence Day. Many people don´t know this but this construction once was used as a prison for the Spanish who lived in Dolores when the Independence began. The priest Miguel Hidalgo put them there after the shout of Independence in the parish of the town which was as we have just said “La parroquia de Nuestra señora de los Dolores”
The last important place you must visit is the house of one of the most famous singers of México; José Alfredo Jiménez. This house is where he was born and it´s used as a museum dedicated to him nowadays.
These are the important and cultural places you can visit in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.
Ana was in love with Mr. Carlos who was poor and lived in front of her house. The only thing that separated the house was the Callejón, which is like a tiny street.
Guanajuato is a cultural place where there are a lot of international cultural festivals. One of them and the most important is the “Cervantino” that is every year in October.
of visitors and tourists of the world. There are a lot of stores where you can buy things of the cultures of Mexico. You can also visit places of hippies where you can find things about them with an accessible price, such as bracelets, t-shirts, etc. You can come for the mini events where you can see traditional dances, orchestrates, plays done by the guests of every city. This year the guests were Zacatecas from Mexico and Quebec as an international city.
