Pabellón de Hidalgo is a town of 4,006 inhabitants in the municipality of

Rincón de Romos Rincón de Romos is a municipality and city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. Located at in the northern part of the state, the city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality Rincón de Romos. As of 2010, the city had ...

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

, Mexico. It's said that after the defeat of the rebels at the

Battle of Calderón Bridge The Battle of Calderón Bridge ( es, Batalla del Puente de Calderón) was a decisive battle in the Mexican War of Independence. It was fought in January 1811 on the banks of the Calderón River east of Guadalajara in present-day Zapotlanejo, ...

, they arrived at the Hacienda de San Blas in Pabellón de Hidalgo, and removed

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Don (honorific), Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader ...

from command.

Museum of the Insurgency

The Museum of the Insurgency operates in what was formerly the Hacienda de San Blas. The museum opened on 17 October 1967 to commemorate events that took place during the independence of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It also houses murals by

Alfredo Flores Zermeno Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Fi ...

, depicting cultural, political and social events of the last two centuries (1810-2010) in Mexico. Saint Blaise Church, Pabellon de Hidalgo, Rincon de Romos, Aguascalientes State, Mexico

Saint Blaise Church, Pabellon de Hidalgo, Rincon de Romos, Aguascalientes State, Mexico

The Museum is located on the western side of Plaza 24 de Enero Nº19. The Templo de San Blas en Pabellón de Hidalgo is located on the northern side of the plaza.

References

Populated places in Aguascalientes January 1811 events {{Aguascalientes-geo-stub