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The maintenance of the mummies is the subject of a long-running dispute between the local government of Guanajuato, which has jurisdiction over the mummies, and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), which insists on taking over the administration of the mummies as part of the national patrimony. In 2023, INAH warned that ...
Cajeta was born in the city of Celaya, Guanajuato, the state where the Independence of Mexico started back in 1810, with the famous Grito de Dolores by father Miguel Hidalgo. In Celaya, Hidalgo was named Captain General of America by his staff, making it an important element of the Independence War. Cajeta was easily stored and transported, and ...
Alfeñiques at the Feria del Alfeñique in Toluca.. Today, the main production center for alfeñique figures are Toluca, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.Today, the paste is used to form hundreds of types of shapes which include rabbits, lions, ducks, doves, cows, bulls, donkeys, pigs, frogs, horses, deer, angels, skulls and coffins.
A beginner's guide to the salty, sweet, sour, spicy world of Mexican candy.
Hotel San Diego in Guanajuato: according to a legend, there is a room on the hotel's top floor where the sounds of doors slamming and furniture moving around can be heard. [3] House of Laments or Casa de los Lamentos in Guanajuato, Guanajuato: this mansion was the house of a serial killer active from the 1890s to the 1910s named Tadeo ...
Mexico's federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies. The National ...
La leyenda de las Momias, also known as The Legend of the Mummies of Guanajuato, is a 2014 Mexican animated horror adventure comedy film produced by Ánima Estudios and distributed by Videocine. The third installment of the Leyendas film saga, following Nahuala and Llorona , the story is a fictional take on the origin of the mummies , mainly ...
Guanajuato is between the arid north of the country and the lusher south, and is geographically part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, the Mexican Plateau. It was initially settled by the Spanish in the 1520s due to mineral deposits found around the city of Guanajuato, but areas such as the Bajío region also became important for agriculture ...