Guanajuato, Mexico - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Guanajuato, Mexico

Weather: Partly cloudy, 53/72F

Route: From Zacatecas 299 km SSE on Mexico 45.

Population: 171,709 (2005)

Significance: Another silver mine town with beautiful architecture, Guanajuato was founded in 1548 and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988.  As with Zacatecas - it is at high elevation of 6,600 feet.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Places to visit: Monumento al Pipila, Jardin de la Union, Museo Ex-Hacienda San Gabriel de Barrera, Diego Rivera Museum and Home, Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato, Templo La Valenciana, Don Quixote Iconographic Museum, Plaza de la Paz, El Museo Bocamina San Ramon, Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato, Templo de San Francisco.

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Downtown (from theculturetrip.com)

El Papila - statue of local hero of War of Mexican Independence