Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes · Mexico Capital

Aguascalientes

In the destination Aguascalientes and the San Marcos Fair.

In the photo: Locomotive and old station at Parque Tres Centurias, Aguascalientes.

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The city

What to expect from Aguascalientes.

Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of the same name, founded in 1575 on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and named for the region’s hot springs. The center has Plaza de la Patria, the cathedral and the Government Palace, the Museo Nacional de la Muerte and the José Guadalupe Posada museum. In spring it hosts the Feria Nacional de San Marcos.

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The local experience

What to see in Aguascalientes

Plaza de la Patria and Cathedral of Aguascalientes
Square and cathedral

Plaza de la Patria and Cathedral of Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes’ central square, with the baroque cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and the red-stone Government Palace with murals.

National Museum of Death
Museum

National Museum of Death

Museum of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes about death in Mexican culture, with skulls, prints, ceramics and Day of the Dead objects.

José Guadalupe Posada Museum
Museum

José Guadalupe Posada Museum

Museum dedicated to the printmaker who created satirical skulls and the Catrina, next to the Jardín y Templo del Encino.

Jardín de San Marcos
Historic garden

Jardín de San Marcos

19th-century garden surrounded by a stone balustrade, next to the San Marcos temple, center of the Feria Nacional de San Marcos.

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