Alhondiga de Granaditas.

About 200 wealthy Spaniards hid out in this bldg. Insurgents burned the door and killed the people inside. Later revolutionary leaders Miguel Hildago, Ignacio Allende and two other leaders were beheaded and their heads hung from the corners of the bldg for 10 years between 1811-21. The hooks are still there.

RVing in Mexico with Raymondo y Marsia - 2012

March 1st 2012
Thursday, 23 February, we moved north to the city and state of Guanajuato. The city of Guanajuato is considered to be the most beautiful, romantic and "one of the best preserved" of Mexico’s colonial cities. This being only our second colonial city but we wonder how any town could seem more ancient. The city sits at the bottom of scenic canyon. Many of the inner city streets are a maze of old mi ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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