Guanajuato City

Guanajuato sits in a narrow valley of the Sierra de Guanajuato in central Mexico, where steep, densely built hills rise around the historic centre. The city grew from the silver boom of the colonial era, and its Historic Town and Adjacent Mines were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1988. The ornate Teatro Juárez and the Alhóndiga de Granaditas, a former grain store associated with the opening of Mexico’s War of Independence in 1810, mark two contrasting sides of its civic life. Beneath the streets, former riverbed tunnels now carry traffic, an unusual response to the valley’s constrained terrain. Every October, the International Cervantino Festival brings theatre, music and dance to venues across the city. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Guanajuato and central Mexico.

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