History

The history of the city dates of the precolombin epoch. In its first years it was called Mo-o-ti, which means "place of metals". The aztecs give the city the name of Paxtitlan which means "place of hey".

Its actual name comes from the Purépecha which means "place of frogs". In the colonial spanish epoch it reached a great development for the gold and silver explotation. In the XIX century it was scenery of one of the most important insurgent truimphs.

The conquest of the Alhondiga of Granaditas by the army of the father of Mexico independence Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

You can find this beautiful churchs and cathedrals in Guanajuato: Cathedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Temple of Nuestra Señora de los Angeles, Callejón del Beso, picture gallery...

Transportation: Bus from Mexico City. You can buy it at any bus station. Unfortunately train travel is not available and is not very common in Mexico.
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