querétaro
states: [mexico]
category: cultural
year: 1996
location: Etat Querétaro, municipalité de Querétaro
region: Latin America and the Caribbean
latitude/longitude: 20.5833333300, -100.3666667000
visited: 2023
The old colonial town of Querétaro is unusual in having retained the geometric street plan of the Spanish conquerors side by side with the twisting alleys of the Indian quarters. The Otomi, the Tarasco, the Chichimeca and the Spanish lived together peacefully in the town, which is notable for the many ornate civil and religious Baroque monuments from its golden age in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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