Sylvia's Guidebook
Museum
This city’s most famous tourist attraction are the mummies of Guanajuato which are located in their own museum on the side of the municipal cemetery in the Tepetapa neighborhood. The cemetery is visible from the terrace of Casa Terraza. With a 10 minute walk up the hill, you’ll find the entrance. The mummy museum contains a collection of specimens that mummified naturally in the adjoining cemetery. Authorities began exhuming bodies in 1870, when a new law required residents to pay a tax for a perpetual burial. If families didn’t pay the tax, they exhumed the body. If the body was mummified, they stored it in a building above ground. People began paying to see them in the late 1800s. The burial tax was abolished in 1958. At first, the mummies were displayed in a poorly-lit tunnel that visitors entered with a torch or candle. Back then, visitors were all were allowed to touch the mummies! -EEK!
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Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato
This city’s most famous tourist attraction are the mummies of Guanajuato which are located in their own museum on the side of the municipal cemetery in the Tepetapa neighborhood. The cemetery is visible from the terrace of Casa Terraza. With a 10 minute walk up the hill, you’ll find the entrance. The mummy museum contains a collection of specimens that mummified naturally in the adjoining cemetery. Authorities began exhuming bodies in 1870, when a new law required residents to pay a tax for a perpetual burial. If families didn’t pay the tax, they exhumed the body. If the body was mummified, they stored it in a building above ground. People began paying to see them in the late 1800s. The burial tax was abolished in 1958. At first, the mummies were displayed in a poorly-lit tunnel that visitors entered with a torch or candle. Back then, visitors were all were allowed to touch the mummies! -EEK!
The regional Museum Alhondiga de Granaditas Is located in a historic monument, whose construction began in 1797 and concluded and 1809. It is a stunning work of neo-classical architecture, with a simple design, utilizing impeccable construction techniques. Granaditas or The Corn Exchange is a pivotal symbol for the battle that was fought there on September 28, 1810 and embodies the figure of Hidalgo and other heroes which eventually resulted in the sovereignty and freedom of the Mexican nation. The historical significance is expressed in the murals painted by Jose Chavez Morado in 1955.
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Museo Regional de Guanajuato Alhondiga de Granaditas
6 C. MendizábalThe regional Museum Alhondiga de Granaditas Is located in a historic monument, whose construction began in 1797 and concluded and 1809. It is a stunning work of neo-classical architecture, with a simple design, utilizing impeccable construction techniques. Granaditas or The Corn Exchange is a pivotal symbol for the battle that was fought there on September 28, 1810 and embodies the figure of Hidalgo and other heroes which eventually resulted in the sovereignty and freedom of the Mexican nation. The historical significance is expressed in the murals painted by Jose Chavez Morado in 1955.
Sightseeing
The Juarez Theater is located across from the San Diego church in the city center. It is one of the main venues of the Cervantino Festival. Teatro Juárez is considered to be one of the most beautiful theaters in the country, it’s neo-classical style with a façade containing nine sculptures depicts the muses of Greek mythology. The theater was built from 1872 to 1903 by Antonio Rivas Mercado and was inaugurated with an opera, Aida by Giuseppe Verdi with President Diaz in attendance.
Teatro Juarez
10 De SopenaWalking towards Jardin Union it will strike you like a diamond, small and beautiful. Mariachi bands, living statues, tour guides, and street vendors. Beautifully manicured trees, fountains, flower gardens and park benches.
Jardín de la Unión
Jardín de la UniónWalking towards Jardin Union it will strike you like a diamond, small and beautiful. Mariachi bands, living statues, tour guides, and street vendors. Beautifully manicured trees, fountains, flower gardens and park benches.
Festivals
The most important international artistic and cultural event in Mexico and Latin America, and one of four major events of its type in the world. It started in 1953 with short plays performed at Plaza de San Roque and fills most of the month of October with music, dance, theater, cinema, opera. Vibrant, exhilarating, a feast for the senses! Tickets are available at the ticket center on the left-hand side of Teatro Juarez
Festival Internacional Cervantino
Jardín de la Unión