Founded in 1557, the state capital is one of the most beautiful cities in the country thanks to its vast architectural heritage. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guanajuato features religious landmarks such as the Basilica of Our Lady of Guanajuato, as well as the temples of La Compa\u00f1\u00eda, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Hospitales, San Roque, Bel\u00e9n, San Cayetano, and La Valenciana, along with the Mineral de Cata church.\n\nAmong its notable buildings are the Alh\u00f3ndiga de Granaditas, the Principal Theater, the Ju\u00e1rez Theater, the Legislative Palace, the former Bocamina San Ram\u00f3n hacienda, and the Conde Rul Mansion.\n\nIn addition, the city offers a rich cultural scene, not only as the host of the International Cervantino Festival, but also through venues such as the Iconographic Museum of Don Quixote, the Regional Museum of Guanajuato, the Mineralogy Museum, the Olga Costa and Jos\u00e9 Ch\u00e1vez Morado Art Museum, the Autonomous University of Guanajuato, the Museum of the People of Guanajuato, the Diego Rivera House Museum, the T\u00eda Aura House Museum, the Gene Byron House Museum, the Wax Museum, the Museum of the Holy Inquisition, the Dieguino Museum, the Alfredo Dug\u00e8s Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of the Mummies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It features small squares and plazas such as Plaza de la Paz (Main Square), Baratillo Square, Ignacio Allende Square, San Fernando Square, Los \u00c1ngeles Square, Casimiro Chowell Square, and San Roque Square.\n\nOther points of interest include the Alley of the Kiss (Callej\u00f3n del Beso), Callej\u00f3n de la Condesa, Miguel Hidalgo Tunnel, the P\u00edpila Monument, Campanero Bridge, Tecolote Hill Road, Hidalgo Market, and the Uni\u00f3n, Embajadoras, and Reforma gardens.\n\nIn the surrounding area, you can find the Guadalupe, La Valenciana, El Nopal, and La Garrapata mines, as well as the former San Gabriel de Barrera Hacienda.
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Fundada en 1557, la capital del estado es una de las ciudades m\u00e1s bellas del pa\u00eds gracias a su vasto patrimonio arquitect\u00f3nico. Considerada patrimonio cultural de la humanidad, Guanajuato cuenta con monumentos religiosos como la Bas\u00edlica de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Guanajuato, los templos de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda, de San Diego, de San Francisco, de los Hospitales, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ciudad-virreinal","travel-monster-post","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9520,"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions\/9520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasospormexico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}