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Aguascalientes City, capital city of the State of Aguascalientes, is located 537 km northwest of Mexico City on Federal Highway 57 / 45 in Mexico. The Colonial City of
Aguascalientes is situated in the central part
of Mexico and is rich in colonial period architecture. Some of the most
renowned structures are:
- The Government Palace
with its
Neoclassical facade of red
tezontle stone
- The Municipal Palace
built out of
pink quarry
- El Jardin de los Palacios (Palace
Gardens), where you can admire a fountain built to honor the artist Jesus F. Contreras.
Contreras is the creator of two relief sculptures decorating the square. These sculptures
represent: "Camaxtli", the God of Hunting and
"Centeotl", the God of Abundance
- La Plaza Patria,
where you can view
an iron tower built in 1808
- Legislative Palace
Other interesting sites well worth visiting are:
- The splendid baroque style
Cathedral
- The Religious Pinacotheca
- The Morelos Theater,
where the
National Poetry Prize is presented during the San Marcos Fair. The
Building star in 1882,
- La Casa de Cultura,
used as forum
for the National Plastic Arts Contest (also celebrated during the San Marcos Fair)
- The Museum of Aguascalientes,
built
out of pink quarry,
- The Jose Guadalupe Posada Museum,
located in the District of Triana. Here you can find examples of Posada's prints
- Pasajes Juarez &
Allende,
- The Bibliotheca
Jaime Torres Bodet,
- The Commercial
Center Parian,
- Museum of
Contemporary Art No.8,
- San
Diego and Thirty Orden,
-
 Ex-Convent of San
Diego,
- San Antonio Temple,
- Centro Regional del
INAH,
- Museo Regional de
Historia,
- The Guadalupe
Temple,
- Temple del Sr. de el Encino y Jardin de la
Paz
- Plaza de Toros San Marcos,
- Plaza de Toros Monumental,
- Garden of San Marcos,
- San Marcos Temple,
- Centro Internacional de negocios del
bajio-norte,
- Expo-Plaza,
- Lienzo Charro,
- Estacion de Ferrocarril,
- Alameda,
- Antiguos Baños de Ojocaliente
- Ex-hacienda de Ojocaliente,
- Teatro del Parque "Victor Sandoval",
- INEGI,
- Aguascalientes Theater,
- Parque Infantil Miguel Hidalgo,
- Museo Jose Guadalupe Posada,
- "Descubre", Museo Interactivo de Ciencia y
Tecnologia,
- Parque Ecologico "Heroes Mexicanos",
- Centro de Superacion Familiar J.M. Romo,
- Plaza Vestir
- Horno de la Fundicion,
- Templo de Jesus el
Nazareno,
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 The District of San Marcos
deserves special mention. It is where the renown San Marcos Fair is celebrated annually.
The fair takes place on a plaza surrounded by Neoclassical balustrades and a beautiful
central fountain built out of pink quarry.
The fesitival includes:
- Cockfights in the largest
"Palenque" (arena) in Latin America
- An elegant casino, unique in Mexico
- A traditional costume contest
- Farm, cattle, and industrial
exhibitions
- The world famous Cervantine
Festival. The most important day of
the fair is April 25th, "Dia de San Marcos" (St. Marcos Day)
In San Marcos you can also
visit the Crafts House and the Museo del Deshilado (Museum of Frayed-Thread Handiwork).
Also celebrated in this city is a Grape Fair as well as the Pilgrimage of the Assumption
on August 15th, an event which includes a parade, dances, and other recreational
activities.
 It is the abundance of hot springs in this state that
give it its name: Aguascalientes (Hot Waters). You can enjoy springs at the Sport Center
and Spa "Ojo Caliente". Other attractions include Plaza del Vestir (clothing
mall), where embroidered and frayed-thread cotton clothing articles can be found. Other
local crafts are leatherwork, artistic ironwork, and religious artifacts.
Taste the delicious traditional cuisine, which offers
dishes such as birria (steamed lamb casserole), Aguascalientes style mole, chicken in wine
sauce, pickled hides, and cabrito (roasted goat).
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