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Santa Rosalia is an ancient mining town
situated 61 km from
Mulege by the federal highway 1 in the State of Baja
California Sur, Mexico.
Santa Rosalia is famous because of
the singular beauty of its landscapes.
In Santa Rosalia you can
practice aquatic sports such as angling.
On july 7 1885 the French
company El Boleo initiated the operation of rich deposit of copper, within a
concession of president Porfirio Diaz and in exchange of it, the company had
to built a town, the harbor, public buildings and establish a maritime route
between Santa Rosalia and Guaymas and create employment to Mexican workers.
In 1897 the Santa Barbara
church was installed, designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1884 and preconstructed
in two years to be showed at the World Exposition in Paris in 1889.
In a tour through the town, you
feel the sensation of being in another space and time with buildings and
public places, where stands out the City Hall, the French Hotel, the Central
Hotel, the Mahatma Gandhi Library and the Post Office. On the Morelos Garden
you'll find one of the Baldwin's locomotor brought to the place in 1886 and
the ruins and the old melting plant, the Santa Barbara church and old bakery
el Boleo.
Enigmatic mining town where
history and modern life converge. The French architecture of the colonial
period preserves the memory of the imposing and luxurious vessels which
traversed the Sea of Cortez. In addition to trips to local historical sites,
it is recommended as a departure point for the cave paintings or the whale
watching lagoons.
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Baja California Sur State •
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Bahia Magdalena
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Cabo San
Lucas
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del Este
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Ciudad
Constitucion
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Guerrero Negro
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La Paz ۞ Capital City |
Laguna Ojo de Liebre
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Loreto
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Mulege
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Nopolo
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Puerto Escondido
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San Ignacio | San Jose del Cabo
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Jose y San Miguel de Comondu
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Santa Rosalia
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Todos Santos
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Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve
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