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Aqueduct
Acueducto de Querétaro
Pink stone aqueduct with 74 arches, built between 1726 and 1735, symbol of the city.
Querétaro · Mexico Capital
Santiago de Querétaro
In the destination Querétaro and Peña de Bernal.
In the photo: Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Querétaro
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The city
What to expect from Santiago de Querétaro.
Santiago de Querétaro is the capital of the state of Querétaro, at about 1,800 meters altitude, and has a Baroque historic center that is a World Heritage Site. Pedestrian streets link tree-lined plazas, churches and convents, and the aqueduct with 74 arches marks the city's entrance. Conspirators of independence met here, Emperor Maximilian was executed here, and the Constitution of 1917 was signed here.
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The local experience
What to see in Santiago de Querétaro
Church
Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbo
Baroque church from 1752 with volute-shaped buttresses, an ornate tower and gilded altarpieces inside.
Church and museum
Templo de San Francisco e Museo Regional
The Franciscan church in Jardín Zenea, with a tiled dome, and the former convent beside it, now the Regional Museum of Querétaro.
Square and palace
Plaza de Armas e Casa de la Corregidora
The most elegant square in the center, surrounded by mansions, with the palace where the Corregidora warned the conspirators in 1810.
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Historic park
Cerro de las Campanas
Hill and park where Emperor Maximilian was executed in 1867, with an expiatory chapel and the large statue of Benito Juárez.