Nuevo Leon Attractions

Nuevo Leon state - Capital

Apart from the Capital city there are other attractions and towns found within the State of Nuevo Leon. They are:

The Palacio del Obispado - Bishopric Palace
Location: Obispado Neighborhood

In 1787, when a merciless snow storm fell upon Monterrey, Fray (brother) Rafael Verger decided that the time was ripe to erect a Catholic Diocese, in order to supply a shelter to the matters of Faith and, moreover, to provide an occupation for all the impoverished and famished indigenes, who were suffering due to the extreme climate conditions.

Some time later and owing to its strategic location at the top of a hill, this religious seat performed as a fortress, when the United States troops invaded Mexico in September of 1846.

Years later, Pancho Villa took this jewel of colonial architecture as his headquarters. From those violent times there still remain the artillery and bullet holes upon the walls.

Cerro Potosí

Cerro Potosí is the highest mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range of northeast Mexico. It is composed of limestone, and is noted for its very diverse flora including several endemic or near-endemic species, such as the Potosi Pinyon.

Access was very difficult in the past, but in the 1960s a microwave relay station was built on the summit, with the road built for this providing easy access from the east.