Guanajuato City

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Founded by the Spaniards at the beginning of the 16th century, situated in the centre of Mexico, it soon became the silver-mining centre of the world.

The whimsical trace of its streets, its peaceful squares and gardens and the beauty of its houses and buildings give Guanajuato city an evocative and romantic touch.

Guanajuato was named "Cultural Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO in 1988, for the magnificent colonial buildings that make up its architecture; it has an atmosphere that takes us back to the past. Cultural manifestations surge out of its theatres, churches and museums, squares, markets and side streets.

Hundred-year-old buildings where heroic battles were fought and immortal romances live on in legend. Balconies and facades that saw the passage of figures like Hidalgo, Allende, Juárez, Maximilian and Porfirio Díaz. In the pre-Hispanic period the territory now occupied by the city of Guanajuato was chiefly inhabited by nomadic tribes generically known as Chichimecas who lived by hunting and gathering.

Guanajuato City is one of the most important historical and cultural colonial cities of Mexico.