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Teatro Juarez, Guanajuato.
Across the street from Antiguo Vapor, our hotel in Guanajuato.
Guanajuato.
Tunnel entrance near the Hidalgo Market, Guanajuato. The city sits in a bowl surrounded by steep hills. As a consequence, flooding had been a serious problem through most of the city’s history. In the late 18th C two major floods nearly wiped out the city. This spurred construction of large tunnels to divert floodwaters during the rainy season. These eventually crisscrossed a large part of the city. The flooding was eventually brought under control through means other than the tunnels, and many of the tunnels were converted into underground roadways. As a result, the streets of Guanajuato have very little traffic, as you can see in this photo.
The neighborhood just outside the gates of Antiguo Vapor, our hotel in Guanajuato.
San Roque Church, Guanajuato. The plaza in front of the church (in the foreground) was the site of the Entremeses Cervantinos founded by Cervantes scholar Enrique Ruelas, whose statue is just around the corner of the church to the right. The Entrmeses Certantinos was the predecessor of the current Festival Internacional Cervantino.
El Pipila
Statue of El Pipila, hero of the Mexican war of independence in 1810. The 17 year old miner was instrumental in the capture of th Alhóndiga de Granaditas where Spanish troops had been holding off the Mexican insurgents. The statue is on a hill above the city which offers a commanding view of the city of Guanajuato.
View of Guanajuato from the El Pipila monument. Buildings in center foreground are (L) Iglesia de San Diego (R) Teatro Juarez. The green-canopied area in fron of them is the Jardin de la Union. The area is one of the liveliest spots in Guanajuato at all hours of the day and night.
View of Parroquia de Basílica Colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato from the Plaza de La Paz.
A "Danzon" competition in the Teatro Juarez, Guanajuato. Danzon is a formal dance style imported from Cuba. It is popular in Guanajuato and many dance clubs competed in this event. We were told that the idea of the dance is to move as if your feet were shackled with ball and chain.
Inside Dulceria La Catrina, a surprisingly large candy store just opposite Teatro Juarez, Guanajuato.
An alleyway near our hotel in Guanajuato.
Mercado Hidalgo, Guanajuato. The building that houses the market was intended to serve as a train station. but the train never arrived. It stands as evidence of the rampant speculation in railroads that occurred in the late 1800's when the dictator Porfiro Diaz was attempting to modernize Mexico. The building is now filled with a chaotic collection of stalls selling food on the lower level and gifts and household items on the mezzanine level.
Office with door left open on the mezzanine level of Mercado Hidalgo, Guanajuato. The portrait hanging on the wall is of Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, a leader of the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. The statue of the rooster has unknown significance.
Street vendor, the Jardin, San Miguel de Allende
After school, kids from private church schools in San Miguel de Allende come to the Jardin to play.
In the historic center of Queretero City.
View of the Peña de Bernal from a street in the amall town of Bernal. The massive outcropping is one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Wool worker hanging dyed yarns to dry, Bernal.
Calaveras fashion show, Bernal. Calaveras (skulls) are a popular artform in Mexico and are especially in evidence during the Day of the Dead celebration. The female skull figures are known as Catrinas, after a satirical lithograph "La Calavera Catrina" by the 19th C Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada.
View of the Peña de Bernal at daybreakas seen from the balcony of our hotel, Hostal Medieval, in the small town of Bernal.
Street scene, Jalpan
Children dancing in the main square after school, Jalpan.
Delivery man, Jalpan
Templo del Señor Santiago Jalpan
Dentist, Jalpan
Beauty salon, Jalpan
Shot from under kiosk in the main square (plaza principal), Xilitla.
Shoeshine man in Miguel Hidalgo Square, the main square in Tequisquiapan.
Street vendor selling scapulas near the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption, Tequisquiapan.
Atontonilco, Mexico.
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San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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Statue of Alende (Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga) in the Plaza Civica, San Miguel de Allende. Allende fought along with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the first stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain in 1810. San Miguel de Allende is named for him.
