The week of October 20, 2008 was spent in Guanajunto, Mexico for some company management meetings. There was a little time to look at the city. Guanajunto is the city where the Mexican revolution to gain their independance from Spain started in 1810. The hills around this area were found to contain gold and silver.
Guanajunto has remained an old-style, traditional town much as it has been for several centuries.
The town is built in an area with numerous hills. The streets and buildings are built up and down the hills taking into account the elevation changes. Nothing is straight or level.
The town was founded in the mid 1500's and quickly grew with the mining industry. Compared to mine shafts in Colorado, the shafts here are much larger. The veins of gold were incredibly gi-normous. This was supposed to be the largest area of gold production in Mexico for many years. The mines beneath the town have been turned into a system of roadways that are utilized for automobile traffic today.
This is an apartment building in town. Guanajunto has a nostalgic feel and is listed as a World Heritage site.
One of the many alleys leading up into the housing areas of the town.
Typical construction style of old Mexico.
A traditional musical group that sang for our group during our tour of the city.
One of the several old churches in Guanajunto. This is the primary church, as symbolized by the dual belltowers. Most churches only have one belltower.
These are Mexican girls dancing one of their many traditional dances.
4 comments:
Wow it looks like a really cool and interesting city to visit!
Thanks for the post. I enjoy learning about new places & seeing the pictures.
You really are all over the place. Are you living in Scottland yet? What are you doing with your home here ?
The pictures are all very beautiful :)
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