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| Independence Square |
Pachuca, also known as the "beautiful windy city" or "the bride of the wind" because of the strong winds that hit the city, is the capital of the state of Hidalgo, is not as popular as other cities but it certainly has its charm.
You just need to drive for less than an hour all the way of the 85 highway to reach this city, a straight highway easy to drive, that eventually breaks into the barley fields of Hidalgo.
Pachuca had it's blaze of glory in the mid of nineteen century when the British came to the mines to extract silver, this resulted, in the inclusion of football in Mexican society of the late nineteenth century, that's why another nickname of this city is "the cradle of football", honor that shares with the city of Orizaba.
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| The Victory of the wind |
Pachuca had it's blaze of glory in the mid of nineteen century when the British came to the mines to extract silver, this resulted, in the inclusion of football in Mexican society of the late nineteenth century, that's why another nickname of this city is "the cradle of football", honor that shares with the city of Orizaba.
the current territory of the Hidalgo capital city was occupied by the Otomi tribes, for the year 1821, these tribes gave the name of Njünthe (watermill), later, was dominated by the chichimecas, that gave the name of Pachoacan (place of government), there is not any archaeological site belonging to these tribes in this area, only found arrowheads and obsidian objects in the Sierra de Pachuca, in the end, this territory came under the control of the Mexicas when they materialize the triple alliance.
Prosperity of this city came to the year 1552 with the discovery of the mines and when Bartolome de Medina, implemented for the first time in the industrial field, the system of amalgamation that came to revolutionize metallurgy.
Once consummate independence of Mexico, colonial practices of production and distribution of wealth did not changed, The third Count of Regla, held a lease in 1824 and came to Pachuca the first English to exploit the mines until 1848, when his possessions were sold to Mackintoch, Escandon Beistegui and John Rule. An example of this was a rebellion in 1766 when Pedro Romero de Terrenos, attempt to suppress wages and increasing workloads twice, this resulted in a strike and the assassination of Mayor Jose Ramon Coca.
the Mexican Revolution, was a difficult period for the Hidalgo population, there was too much hunger and poverty, it is said that the mining companies, they issued small cards with values of 10 to 50 cents, to which the population named parrots and pigeons.
The city welcomes us with objects of the era of the mining boom, that adorning the entrance of Pachuca, for now we'll skip the downtown, for personal reasons, the first point to visit is the old cementery of the city, construction that belongs to the Porfiriato era, highlight the sculptures of the façade, Faith, Hope and Charity, which were made in marble from Carrara, Italy. At the top is Charity, which is formed by a standing woman having a baby in her arms and two others beside her, one of them is invalid. There are also two letters of the Greek alphabet: Alpha and Omega: that means life and death, respectively.
Now we're heading to a neighboring municipality, Actopan (Moist and fertile land) to visit the former convent and temple of Saint Nicolas de Tolentino, it's an amazing building!! Its architecture brings together virtually every style of the colonial era in Mexico, shows a combination of styles Plateresco, Morisco, Mudéjar, Gothic, Romanesque and Renaissance.
We returned to Pachuca to visit the Christ, sculpture built by a promise made by a group of miners who had been trapped when the winch broke down, the sculpture reaches 33 meters high.
on the way to the downtown we found a building from the XVIII century, that now belongs to the University of Hidalgo.
We leave the car in the parking lot to take a walk through the downtown, and there we found the main symbol of the city, its monumental clock, built to commemorate the centennial of Mexico's independence, the machinery of this clock is the same production of Big Ben in London, In a tower of four bodies, neoclassical style, with a kick of copper manufactured in Monterrey, was built in white quarry, with a height of 40 meters, medium body, has four beautiful female sculptures in Carrara marble which symbolize the Reform, Liberty, Independence and Constitution.
two blocks ahead, we found the house of Count Rulé, another interesting examples of the architecture of the Porfirian era, built in the last decade of the nineteenth century. The property belonged to the wealthy English Francisco Rule, which was benefited by the rich bonanza mines of the region. today it houses town hall.
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The city welcomes us with objects of the era of the mining boom, that adorning the entrance of Pachuca, for now we'll skip the downtown, for personal reasons, the first point to visit is the old cementery of the city, construction that belongs to the Porfiriato era, highlight the sculptures of the façade, Faith, Hope and Charity, which were made in marble from Carrara, Italy. At the top is Charity, which is formed by a standing woman having a baby in her arms and two others beside her, one of them is invalid. There are also two letters of the Greek alphabet: Alpha and Omega: that means life and death, respectively.
Now we're heading to a neighboring municipality, Actopan (Moist and fertile land) to visit the former convent and temple of Saint Nicolas de Tolentino, it's an amazing building!! Its architecture brings together virtually every style of the colonial era in Mexico, shows a combination of styles Plateresco, Morisco, Mudéjar, Gothic, Romanesque and Renaissance.
We returned to Pachuca to visit the Christ, sculpture built by a promise made by a group of miners who had been trapped when the winch broke down, the sculpture reaches 33 meters high.
on the way to the downtown we found a building from the XVIII century, that now belongs to the University of Hidalgo.
We leave the car in the parking lot to take a walk through the downtown, and there we found the main symbol of the city, its monumental clock, built to commemorate the centennial of Mexico's independence, the machinery of this clock is the same production of Big Ben in London, In a tower of four bodies, neoclassical style, with a kick of copper manufactured in Monterrey, was built in white quarry, with a height of 40 meters, medium body, has four beautiful female sculptures in Carrara marble which symbolize the Reform, Liberty, Independence and Constitution.
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| Local Cuisine |
two blocks ahead, from this house, is the Constitution square builded in 1820, we kept walking and we found the building of the Royal Treasury,where miners paid their taxes to the Spanish crown.
On the way to the Independence square, we saw another beautiful building, The methodist church of the Divine Savior, a neo gothic construction from the XIX century.
we left the downtown, and we're heading to see the temple of Saint Francisco, now houses the National Museum of Photography and the Cultural center of Hidalgo.
our penultimate stop in Pachuca is to visit the Hidalgo Stadium, also called Hurricane, home of the Pachuca Gophers, five times winner of the Mexican League.
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| Match between Pachuca Gophers vs Pumas UNAM |
now, for those that love the football, we have to visit the Hall of Fame of this sport, builded in 2011.
we took the highway to return to Mexico City, but on the way I saw a signaling about a convent, so I took the detour, and yes eight miles ahead we arrived to Villa de Tezontenpec, there is an old Augustinian convent, in this village you may find several leather garments and a tasteful liquor made of nopal
Now it's time to make our way home!
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