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Square dedicated to Vicente Guerrero, reason of the name that it shows and of the statue located in the center of the garden. In its beginnings, this property was part of the Santa Clara Convent.
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Located in one of the main streets of the historic center of Querétaro, the Santiago Carbonell Foundation Museum exhibits paintings and sculptures made by this artist, also available for sale. The museum is also a foundation, which supports new artists, offering assistance in professionalization supporting projects and consulting.
In front of the temple of Saint Francis stands a beautiful plaza. It was part of the atrium of the Franciscan monastery and dates back to 1874, when it was named after its benefactor, Benito Santos Zenea, governor of Querétaro at that time. There is a kiosk from the late nineteenth century and a metal fountain with the sculpture of the Greek goddess Hebe.
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This museum exhibits the different stages of the history of Querétaro in its five permanent showrooms with the support of interactive multimedia, computer and telematics, as well as audio and video.
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19 Aqueduct This construction of 74 quarry arches is the icon of the city of Santiago de Querétaro. It was built between 1726 and 1735 by the Marquis of the Villa del Villar del Águila, due to the serious illnesses caused by the scarcity and contamination of the water. The arcade measures 1,280 meters in length and reaches a maximum height of 23 meters.
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In 1721, the Capuchin nuns founded the convent of San José de Gracia. In 1867, this building served as the last prison of the Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and his generals Mejía and Miramón before being executed. In 1997 it was opened as Museo de la Ciudad with the purpose of showing the diversity of contemporary art.
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Other must-see places are: Museo de la Ciudad (Museum of the City), Museo de Arte (Art Museum), with the most beautiful cloister in America; the Aqueduct, Queretaro’s icon par excellence and the convent of La Cruz, which keeps as a unique treasure its tree with sprouts of cross-shaped thorns.
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Its excellent location and design makes this one of the main squares of the city. With a purely Spanish design, its construction dates back to the 18th century. Among its portals and old houses stands the quarry statue of the Marquis of Villa del Villar del Águila, who financed the Aqueduct. Around the square are the mansions of Don Bartolo, La Casa de Ecala and the Casona de los Cinco Patios.
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You can walk it on foot or on a fun tram ride. On the way you can admire the impressive architecture of large houses and
Within its architectural attractions you cannot miss: Plaza de Armas, the Theater of the Republic where the Constitution was signed; the Regional Museum and the former convent of Santa Rosa de Viterbo, a veritable jewel of Baroque architecture.
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18 Plaza Fundadores This plaza is located on the original settlement of Querétaro and is decorated with the statues of the first Spanish habitants of the city. Cafés and restaurants surround it.
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In 1996, UNESCO declared as Cultural Patrimony of Humanity the Area of Historic Monuments in the center of the city. The criteria of this title are based on its exceptional colonial architecture, a clear sample of the fusion between an indigenous settlement and another Spanish merged with the passage of time.
former convents that have been transformed into museums, hotels and theaters that reveal the avant-garde and the modern lifestyle of the city.
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Originally, it was the orchard of the Franciscan order and much later it became a market. The actual square was built in 1967, on the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of the Mexican Constitution. The plaza has a contemporary design, an expression of the evolution of the city, which stands out from the colonial style of the Historic Center.
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Two hours away from México City, Santiago de Querétaro is a city where the past and the present meet in the contrast of its cobbled streets and colonial buildings and the modern structures and industry which surround its center. Due to its strategic geographical location, Querétaro has been a place of important historical events in the history of México.
The Museo Regional of Querétaro has six permanent exhibition halls divided into five themes: Querétaro Prehispánico (Pre Hispanic Querétaro), Los Pueblos Indios de Querétaro (The Indian Peoples of Querétaro), Sala de Sitio (Site Hall), Querétaro Virreinal (Vice Regal Querétaro) and Querétaro en la Historia Mexicana (Querétaro in Mexican History).
This building, built in the eighteenth century, housed a convent of Capuchin novices. Two centuries later it opened its doors as a site of tourist and cultural attraction. It has six permanent showrooms with various objects, documents and pieces that narrate the events occurred in Querétaro during the end of the Second Empire and the War of Reform.
This cultural space in Querétaro boasts a collection of pictorial murals. Each hall exhibits the result of a collective proposal to unite knowledge of our past with esthetic pleasure. It has four permanet exhibits: La Ilustración Rompe las Cadenas ( Enligtenment Breaks the Chains), La Defensa de la Madre Independencia (The Path to Independence) and A la Sombra de Cádiz (In Cadiz’s Shadow).
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To commemorate the centenary of Mexican Independence, Porfirio Díaz ordered the construction of a monument in honor of the La Corregidora. In this square you can see the sculpture of doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez along with a lock that represents the one through which she passed the liberty message to Ignacio Pérez.
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The MAQRO has 16 exhibition halls and a permanent collection whose works range from Mannerism -from the first half of the 17th century- to the era of the San Carlos Academy reform in the second half of the 19th century. Exhibitions of great contemporary art are offered in the remaining seven showrooms.
What used to be a seventeenth century mansion is now Museo del Calendario (MUCAL), which exhibits a wide collection of works sponsored by Landín Calendars. Within the main showrooms is the Sala de Gala Helguera, which commemorates the talented painter Jesús Helguera, who repeatedly painted for this company. Something one cannot fail to see there is the monumental Piedra del Sol, carved on wood.
A legend resonates inside the corridors of this seventeenth-century mansion. A woman of the state of Zacatecas who lived there, killed her husband and then her lover, and had finally an unexplainable death. Today this house is a museum, which exhibits in its twelve rooms around 700 pieces, most of them of the seventeenth century, among which the collection of clocks and 54 carved figures of Christ stand out.
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This cultural space opened its doors in 2015 in what was once the Hospital of the Hippolytus (a religious order that was meant to admit and care for travelers, pilgrims, the poor and the sick). The construction dates from 1582 by Fernando de Tapia, formerly known as Conín, his Indian name. The museum shows the roots of the evangelization in the development of art in Querétaro.
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Fine works of the most diverse materials represent the crafts of the state, such as the embroidery of Tolimán, the dolls from Amealco, the ceramics of Ezequiel Montes or the basketry of Tequisquiapan. Discover the most beautiful samples in the Casa Queretana de Artesanías (1) and in the Indigenous Craft Development Center, CEDAI (2).
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20 Corregimiento House First it served as headquarters of the royal houses of Spain, and later as prison. In the XIX century, it was the residence of La Corregidora, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, who from this place managed to warn the priest Miguel Hidalgo, that the conspiracy against Spain had been discovered. Through the lock of one of its doors, the warden Ignacio Pérez received the warning message for the priest Hidalgo. Currently this eighteenth century building is the seat of the State government.
"This work, program or action is public, it is not sponsored or promoted by any political party and its resources come from the money paid by all taxpayers. It is forbidden to use this work, program or action for any purpose (political, electoral, profitable, or any other aim different to those set). The misuse of the resources in this work, program or action must be denounced and punished in accordance with the applicable law and before the competent authority".
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This architectural complex is the most original and the one with the greatest artistic expression that the Augustinians built in México. The construction was carried out between 1731 and 1745 in an exceptional Baroque style. The façade of the church has an intricate carved image of Christ, known as El Señor de la Portada. The cloister of the former monastery, the most beautiful in America, currently houses the Art Museum of Querétaro.
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This convent was built in 1531. It was the headquarters of the first Propaganda FIDE College in Latin America, whose work was the evangelization of the indigenous people. On the main altar there is a replica of a cross, depicting the one seen by Spaniards and Indians in the sky during the conquest battle. Just a coincidence or an inexplicable event, whichever one likes, trees with thorns in the form of a cross grow in the convent garden.
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This was the place of the execution of the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and of the generals Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía. It represents the end of the struggle between the Republic and the Empire. Nowadays it is a park with playgrounds and a museum. Its peculiar name comes from a legend, which says that at the top of this hill, you can find a type of stone that if stroked, sounds exactly like a bell.
Considered a jewel of Baroque art and made by the architect Ignacio Mariano de las Casas from Querétaro, this 18th century building, of singular beauty and style, allows visitors to admire the splendor that made Querétaro the third most important city of the Viceroyalty. Its extraordinary set of altarpieces, its paintings, sculptures and artistic treasures give an answer to those who wonder why this city is a Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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The corner on the streets 16 de septiembre and Luis Pasteur, houses one of the most important destinations for the Catholic faith and for lovers of Baroque architecture. This church is also known as the home of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Querétaro. Its construction dates from the seventeenth century, and it has beautiful quarry carvings.
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This enclosure was one of the most notable examples of the railway infrastructure in the early 20th century. The station played an important part on the development of the history of Mexico. Currently it also serves as a cultural venue for workshops and a miniature model of the place is exhibited.
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At the expense of Diego de Tapia, son of Hernando de Tapia (Conín), founder of the city of Querétaro, this convent was built in 1606 for the religious order of the female Franciscans, the Order of Saint Clare, because his daughter María Luisa del Espíritu Santo belonged to it. This convent became one of the most important and opulent of New Spain. Today, the temple and a small annex are conserved, because during the War of Reform great part of the construction was destroyed.
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Built on what was the first cemetery of the city, this site guards the remains of characters of great importance in the history of Querétaro: Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, initiator of the Independence; Ignacio Pérez, the messenger of freedom; Valentín F. Frías, the first historian of the city, and Carlos Septién, important journalist of the 20th century, among others.
It was one of the first religious buildings that were built in Querétaro around 1540. The temple was the cathedral between 1865 and 1922. The choir preserves the antique stalls and a quarry relief of the Apostle Santiago, patron of the city, can be seen on the façade. Currently the former monastery houses the Regional Museum of Querétaro.
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This building from the end of the 19th century served as the Mesón de Diligencias, (an inn for the stagecoaches). Later it was the famous hotel "El Águila Roja" and later the School of Arts and Crafts. I was also the episcopal residence.
The insurgent priest Miguel Hidalgo celebrated the first mass inside the temple of San Felipe Neri, cathedral of Querétaro. The style of the building is a transition from the Baroque to the neoclassical style. The curved lines were replaced in the quarry for the straight lines characteristic of the style at the beginnings of the XIX century.
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30 Templo de Teresitas Two well-known Mexican architects designed it: Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras and Manuel Tolsá, at the beginning of the 19th century in the purest neoclassical style. Its construction has Ionic columns topped by a triangular pediment, all in perfectly carved quarry. In 1867, at the fall of the Second Empire, this convent served as a prison for Maximilian of Habsburg. Today it is the seat of the bishop and the music conservatory "José Guadalupe Velázquez".
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Formerly called Teatro Iturbide, this neoclassical enclosure has been a scene of events that marked the destiny of our country. In 1854 the Mexican National Anthem was performed here for the first time. In 1867 Maximilian of Habsburg was sentenced to capital punishment and on the 5th of February 1917, the current Constitution was promulgated.
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