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Guadalajara (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d əl ə ˈ h ɑːr ə / GWAH-də-lə-HAR-ə; [5] Spanish: [ɡwaðalaˈxaɾa] ⓘ) is a city in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco, being the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco.
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Guadalajara" is a well-known mariachi song written and composed by Pepe Guízar in 1937. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Guízar wrote the song in honor of his hometown, the city of the same name and state capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco .
During the creation of the railway network in Mexico, it was necessary for it to reach Guadalajara as it was an important destination in commerce, transportation and communication. The station projects were made, and after one was chosen, the governor of Jalisco , Ramón Corona , set his eyes on the land located behind the destroyed monastery ...
The area includes many tourist attractions, [1] including Guadalajara Cathedral, the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, and the surrounding plazas: Plaza de Armas, Plaza de la Liberación, Plaza Guadalajara. Inmolación de Quetzalcóatl is installed in Plaza Tapatía.
The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish: Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) [2] is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey.
The coat of arms of Jalisco (Spanish: Escudo de Jalisco, lit. "state shield of Jalisco") is a symbol of the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco in Mexico. [1]This shield symbolizes the nobility and lordship of the city of Guadalajara; virtues that the Spanish crown recognized in the work and dangers that the city's inhabitants had endured in the conquest and settlement of the city. [2]
Ibarra was a Guadalajara native and was previously known for his work on other buildings such as the Hospicio Cabañas. [4] Construction started on 30 July, 1851 and ended three years later on 15 July, 1954, and cost 33,521 pesos. [3] Pope Pius XII elevated the cathedral to the rank of a minor basilica.