El 23 de junio visité los pueblos de Dolores Hidalgo y San Miguel de Allende y el pueblito de Atotonilco en el estado de Guanajuato. Salimos a las diez de la mañana y regresamos a las ocho y media de la noche. Viajé por camion (van) con mi prima, Amy Huckstadt. Ella enseña español también al norte de Chicago.
¿Conoces el rey de la música ranchera y una estrella de películas méxicanas de la decada sesenta? Antes de mi viaje yo no conocía tampoco, pero ahora yo sé que el rey de la música latina es José Alfredo Jimenez. Visitamos su tumba y casa. Su casa es como Graceland por los aficionados de Elvis Presley y la casa tiene muchos artefactos.
Su casa no es lujosa de la calle pero es bonita adentro.
Una pintura famosa en el museo por Octavio Ocampo. Compré una copia para la clase.
Su Tumba y los colores son un símbolo de los 200+ canciones que el escribió durante su vida.
El pueblito de Atotonilco, Guanajuato
El Sanctuario de Atotonilco es muy impresionante. Es una iglesia dedicaba a la vida de Jesus Cristo. Afuera es muy sencillo pero adentro hay muchísimas pinturas que cuenta la vida de Jesus. En 2010Mira el video porque es más mejor y impresionante a ver adentro de la iglesia con el video por YouTube. (Watch the video because it is better than these pictures and is really impressive, be patient because the first few minutes shows how this is just a little sleepy village with an impressive church that is considered the Sistine Chapel of the Americas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-2U_27OsxE
El pueblo de San Miguel Allende
Este pueblo tiene muchos jubilados de Estados Unidos y Canadá. Es un pueblito muy limpio y bonito. Tuvimos una hora y quince minutos en este pueblo y necesitamos más horas para ver todo. (For some reason I can't get my own pictures uploaded onto Blogspot, but thankfully due to Google Images I can post a few. The quality isn't as good though so my apologies.)The town is named after this church which is called the Parish of San Miguel de Allende.
I like the huge church in the middle of town. What kind of church is it?
ReplyDeleteIf you are referring to the white painted church: It's a Catholic Church, It's name is Sanctuario Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco, and it is dedicated to Jesus of Nasareth and on the inside has beautiful hand-painted scenes of his life. Watch the video if you can that I posted and you will see, it's worth the 3-5 minutes to watch. On the day I visited there were about 200 pre-teens taking their first communion at the church and dressed in white dresses and white suits.
ReplyDeleteIf you are referring to the Catholic Cathedral-style church in San Miguel de Allende the town is named after the church basically with a hero from Mexico's independence years, Ignacio Allende tagged on to the town's name. The San Miguel part is for the Arch-Angel Michael in the Bible and for it being the striking feature in town I don't think the name is fancy enough but it translates to the Parish of the Arch-Angel Michael (Parroquia San Miguel Arcángel). They finished building it in 1709 but its construction began in the late 1600's. It's 303 years old!!!
I very much enjoyed both of these churches for their architecture and history. I wish all of my students could be here to visit with me!