Sights & Attractions in San Miguel de Allende and the Heartland

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

Bellas Artes Once the Royal Convent of the Conception, this impressive cloister...	Educational Institutions	San Miguel de Allende

Biblioteca Pública Within the library's walls are a lovely courtyard café...	Libraries	San Miguel de Allende

Biblioteca Pública Gertrudis Bocanegra Juan O'Gorman painted a vast mural depicting the history of the...	Libraries	Pátzcuaro

Casa de Ecala Long ago, as the story goes, the palace's 18th-century owner...	Government Buildings	Querétaro

Casa de las Artesanías del Estado de Michoacán In the 16th century, Vasco de Quiroga, the bishop of Michoacán...	Stores / Malls	Morelia


Casa Museo de Morelos What is now a two-story museum was acquired in 1801 by José...	Museums / Galleries	Morelia

El Charco del Ingenio San Miguel's botanical garden has an extensive collection of...	Gardens / Arboretums	San Miguel de Allende

Fuente de Neptuno Renowned Mexican architect and Bajío native Eduardo Tresguerras...	Fountains	Querétaro

Instituto Allende Since the school's founding in 1951, thousands of students from...	Educational Institutions	San Miguel de Allende

Lavaderos Públicos This collection of red concrete tubs above Parque Benito Juárez...	Squares	San Miguel de Allende

Mercado Hidalgo Don't miss this 1910 cast-iron-and-glass structure, designed...	Markets / Bazaars	Guanajuato

Museo Casa Natal de Morelos José María Morelos's birthplace is now a national...	Museums / Galleries	Morelia

Museo de Artes Populares The 16th-century home of the Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo...	Museums / Galleries	Pátzcuaro

Museo Iconográfico del Quijote During his imprisonment in a Spanish concentration camp in the...	Museums / Galleries	Guanajuato

Museo Pedro Coronel Originally a Jesuit monastery, this building was used as a jail...	Museums / Galleries	Zacatecas

Palacio de Gobierno Notable graduates of this former Tridentine seminary, built in...	Government Buildings	Morelia

Palacio de la Mala Noche Across from the downtown plaza is a national monument: two 18th-century...	Castles / Palaces	Zacatecas

Palacio del Gobierno The Governor's Palace is an 18th-century mansion with verdant...	Government Buildings	Zacatecas

Palacio del Gobierno del Estado Dubbed La Casa de la Corregidora, this building now houses the...	Government Buildings	Querétaro

Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbo This ex-convent constructed from 1727 to 1752 and attributed...	Religious Sites	Querétaro

Templo de Santo Domingo This 18th-century Jesuit church has an ornamented facade and...	Religious Sites	Zacatecas

Universidad de Guanajuato Founded in 1732, the university was formerly a Jesuit seminary...	Educational Institutions	Guanajuato
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