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Guadalajara

Guadalajara is a city located at 600 km in the West of Mexico City in the state of Jalisco with a population of 2 900 000 inhabitants. It is indeed the second larger city after Mexico City. Guadalajara testifies its past with the cathedral (built into 1616), with Zócalo of the formed city of four places bordered of public buildings and various monuments. One of most beautiful of these places is Plaza de Armas, which is very pleasant, because it testifies to an artistic taste of the Old on the New World, the banks as well as the standard lamps have been imported from Paris! Don't forget the Palace of the Government, built in the medium of the 18 th century in front of the Plaza de Armas, where Hidalgo issued the abolition of slavery in 1810. Behind the cathedral, is the theatre Degollado (1856) on the place of the Freedom can contain about 1500 spectators.

Zócalo of the city

 

The Cathedral

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