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Plaza Zaragoza
The Plaza Zaragoza in Hermosillo is the main plaza. It is located in the historic centre of the city and is surrounded by important buildings such as the Catedral de la Asunción (Hermosillo's main church), the Palacio de Gobierno (house of the state's executive), and the Palacio Municipal Palacio Municipal may refer to: City government headquarters * Palacio Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina * Palacio Municipal de Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico * Palacio Municipal in San Miguel de Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico * Palaci ... (house of the city's executive). The gazebo in the center of the plaza is seen as a monument of the Mexican independence movement. Since 1958, there has been a tradition of removing the oranges from the trees in the plaza in preparation for celebrating Mexican independence day, a tradition that emerged after oranges were used as projectiles in a labor dispute the year prior. References Hermosillo Plazas in Mexico {{Mexico-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermosillo
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo Municipality, Hermosillo municipality, the state's capital and largest city, as well as the primary economic center for the state and the region. As of 2020, the city has a population of 936,263, making it the 18th largest city in Mexico.INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. The recent increase in the city's population is due to expanded industrialization, especially within the automotive industry. Hermosillo was ranked as one of the five best cities to live in, in Mexico, as published in the study "The Most Livable Cities of Mexico 2013" by the Strategic Communications Cabinet of the Mexican Federal Government. Hermosillo was also ranked in 2016 as the seventh most competitive city in the country according to the Mexican Institute for Competitivenes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catedral De La Asunción
Hermosillo Cathedral or the Assumption Cathedral (''locally called "La Catedral" or "La Catedral de la Asunción"'') stands 30 meters tall as the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hermosillo and one of the most emblematic buildings of the Mexican city of Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo Municipality, Her .... Before the actual building was built, there was a smaller chapel, built in the 18th century. The current structure had to be built as the previous building was too small for the congregation. The building was supported by the then Bishop Herculano López de la Mora, and was consecrated in 1908 while still unfinished. The dome was completed in 1963. Hermosillo Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mexico Roman Catholic churches completed in 1903 1877 es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palacio De Gobierno (Sonora)
The Government Palace ( Spanish: ''Palacio de Gobierno''), also known as the House of Pizarro, is the seat of the executive branch of the Peruvian Government, and the official residence of the President of Peru. The palace is a stately government building, occupying the northern side of the Plaza Mayor in Peru's capital city, Lima. Set on the Rímac River, the palace occupies the site of a very large huaca ("revered object") that incorporated a shrine to Taulichusco, the last kuraka (indigenous governor) of Lima. The first Government Palace was built by Francisco Pizarro, governor of New Castile, in 1535. When the Viceroyalty of Peru was established in 1542, it became the viceroy's residence and seat of government. The most recent alterations to the building were completed in the 1930s, under the direction of President Oscar R. Benavides during his second term of office. The chief architects were Claude Antoine Sahut Laurent and Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski. A number of cerem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palacio Municipal (Hermosillo)
Palacio Municipal may refer to: Places City government headquarters * Palacio Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Argentina * Palacio Municipal de Caracas in Venezuela * Palacio Municipal (Castellón) in Spain * Palacio Municipal in Chihuahua * Palacio Municipal in San Miguel de Cozumel, Cozumel Municipality, Mexico * Palacio Municipal de Guadalajara in Mexico * Palacio Municipal de Guayaquil in Ecuador * Palacio Municipal de Junín in Argentina * Palacio Municipal de La Plata in Argentina * Palacio Municipal de Lima in Peru * Palacio Municipal (Montevideo) in Uruguay * Palacio Municipal de Naucalpan in Mexico * Palacio Municipal (Plasencia) in Spain * Palacio Municipal de Puebla in Mexico * Palacio Municipal de Tijuana in Mexico * Palacio Municipal de Mérida in Mexico Municipal congress centers * Palacio Municipal de Congresos, in Madrid, Spain Municipal sport installations * Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cry Of Dolores
The Cry of Dolores ( es, Grito de Dolores, links=no, region=MX) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence. The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as "El Grito de Independencia" (The Independence Cry). Every year on the eve of Independence Day, the President of Mexico re-enacts the cry from the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City, while ringing the same bell Hidalgo used in 1810. During the patriotic speech, the president calls out the names of the fallen heroes who died during the War of Independence and he ends the speech by shouting Viva Mexico! three times followed by the Mexican National Anthem. Historical event In the 1810s, what would become Mexico was still New Spain, part of the Spanish crown. The independence movement began to take shape when José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara went to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
