Ezequiel Montes is a municipality in the

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of Querétaro. Its seat is the town of the same name, founded in 1861 by Julián Velázquez Feregrino. Its original name was Corral Blanco. Ezequiel Montes en Queretaro

The municipality was created in 1940, including the nearby towns of Bernal and

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. As such, the municipality contains Saint Michael's temple, which was built from the 16th to the 18th centuries by the indigenous Otomies who lived in Querétaro and

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. The main attractions are

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vineyards and Villa Progreso.

External links

Enciclopedia de los MunicipiosVilla Progreso
Populated places in Querétaro 1940 establishments in Mexico {{Querétaro-geo-stub