Queretaro Travel Guide Information, hotels, resorts, maps, videos, fotos.
- Quinta Lucca, Hotel
- Bangkok, Oriental Restaurant
- Mesón del Bosque, Hotel
- Holiday Inn Querétaro Centro Historico, Hotel
- Señorial, Hotel
- Hidalgo, Hotel
- Plaza, Hotel
- Plaza Camelinas, Hotel
- San Agustín, Hotel
- Real de Minas Inn, Hotel
- Pegueros, Mexican Restaurant
- La Casona de Los Cinco Patios, Mexican Restaurant
- Antiguo Mesón Aspeytia, Hotel
- Posada Diamante, Hotel
- La Casa de la Marquesa, Hotel
- Flamingo Inn, Hotel
- Mesón Del Obispado, Hotel
Queretaro Weather Current conditions as of 02/12/2008 72° FLow: 40° / High: 67°
- Temperatura :
- Low : 40°C
High : 67°C
- Viento :
- Velocity : 0 kph
Direction : E
- Humedad :
- Humidity:
35 %
- Sol :
- Sunrise : 7:02 am
Sunset : 6:00 pm
It is said that Querétaro is, by excellence, a historical city: here would emerge the idea of a free nation, first as a hidden conspiration personified by the heroine doña María Josefa Ortía de Domínguez, and later on with the impetus of the struggle for the Independence of México. However the history cannot escape the leyend, and both are intertwined smoothly in time and space: the natives that were already influenced by the spanish, when feeling that they were going to lose the battle that would force the inhabitants of the Cañada to give in, invoked the divine assistance of Apostle Santiago, Patron of Spain. The sun darkened, and in the starry black sky became apparent the image of Santiago riding a spirited white horse, accompanied by a great luminous cross. This caused great fear to the natives and consequently accepted their surrender, so in July the 25th of 1531 the city of Santiago de Querétaro was founded by the native Conin, a name meaning “noise”, and who when adopting the christian faith, became baptized as Fernando de Tapia.
But how was this place in the old days? As a chichimeca town, it was founded in 1446 in what was formerly called “Anda Maxel” in otomí, a name meaning “The greatest ball game”, as well as “Queréndaro” in the purepecha tongue, meaning “Place of Rocks”. Nowadays in the Sangremal hill, place where the spanish and chichimecas confronted each other, is erected the Convent of the Santa Cruz, a place where found in the gardens is a tree that grows cross shaped thorns. In that same place would be created the the First School of Fide Propaganda of America, but would serve also as headquarters and even as prison for the Emperor Maximiliano de Habsburgo, who was executed in the Cerro de las Campanas in 1867 together with Miguel Miramón, courageous Niño Heroe, defender of the Castle of Chapultepec during the Northamerican invasion. Found here, in the Cerro de las Campanas, is a small chapel built in memory of the Archeduque by the Austrian government, marking the exact place where the execution took place, as well as an esplanade with a statue of don Benito Juárez and a beautiful recreational park where located is the Museo de Sitio and an audiovisual room.
In Querétaro there are plenty of festivities and celebrations during the entire year. For example, during the month of July artistic, cultural and sport events take place because of the anniversary of the foundation of the city, and on the 25th a procession takes place with allegoric cars, music bands, people walking in stilts and short farce groups along the main downtown streets, followed by a spectacular show of fireworks. In the atrium of the Convent de la Santa Cruz, in the month of September, the coachmen perform during two consecutive days, traditional dances in honor to the Santa Cruz de los Milagros. In December the Querétaro Expo Fair with a grand show from livestock to industrial, handicraft and tourism, a multitudinous event that also pleases the visitors with the traditional charreadas, palenques, jaripeos and gastronomical samples.
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