Morelia

In this place there is an ancient bibliographic collection composed of 22,901 volumes that make up the largest ancient literary collection in Mexico, guarded by a public university. The current library was the Temple of the Company of Jesus that is annexed to the old convent of Francisco Xavier Clavijero. Its interior is worthy of a movie scene.  The Baroque style temple was completed by the Jesuits in 1695, after having passed through temporary headquarters. Both the temple and the current Clavijero Palace were occupied by the Society of Jesus until 1767, when the entire order was expelled from New Spain by order of King Carlos III. The temple became the property of the State in the 19th century, and until the last century, President Lázaro Cárdenas donated it to the Universidad Michoacana with the proposal to create the public library by rescuing volumes from private collections. It has volumes as old as the 15th and 16th centuries, although it also protects a collection of modern consultation for high school students. The site has six murals, five of which are the work of American artists Hollis Howard and S.C. Schonenberg. Only the mural “La patria” is the work of a […]

Majestic building of the XVIII century and neoclassical style that rises stately in the center of the old Valladolid. At night you can contemplate its scenic lighting, placed by the same company that illuminated the Eiffel Tower in Paris, while on Saturdays you have the opportunity to enjoy its lighting in the middle of fireworks and a multicolored show. Its construction began on August 6, 1660 and was completed 84 years later, in 1744. The height of its towers is 66.8 meters, which places them as in the fourth place among the highest in Mexico Its monumental tubular organ has 4,600 flutes and is the second largest in the country.