Father's Monument

The Monument to the Father is a set of three sculptures of bronze located in the Plaza of Carmen a few steps from the Theatre of the Peace and of the Temple of Carmen. Created by the artists Mario and Joel Cuevas, this work was inaugurated On June 15, 2008. In his plate it is possible to read: " Only a father is a holder of the necessary art to inspire in his children the respect, the love and the friendship at the same time ".

Teatro de la Paz

It is one of four principal theatres of Mexico. It was constructed during the porfiriato and inaugurated on December 4, 1894. In this theatre they have given themselves important political and cultural events. The building was constructed by the architect Jose Noriega by French influences and of neoclassic style, by his front in pink quarry. The interior of this theatre has been remodelled two times, preserving his original style, where also they can find different sculptures as that of the ballerina Célica Arias realized by Joaquín Arias, as well as Fernando Leal's murals along the perrons. It has a capacity brought near for 1450 spectators.

San Luis Potosi - The Principals Squares

Aranzazú Square

The area that occupies nowadays this small square, is the extreme northwest of the convent of San Francisco and in last times, it was forming a part of the stables of the set.

Plaza de Armas

In the Plaza de Armas the civil architecture and the religious one coexist harmonicly, the architecture of the Viceroyalty and of the Porfiriato with the contemporary one: San Luís's Cathedral, the Palace of Government, the Municipal Palace and the Congress of the State. To the center of the square one finds a kiosk constructed of pink quarry in 1948, in his frieze it produces honoring to eight Mexican musicians.

Plaza de Fundadores

It is the place that the Captain Michael Caldera and the Franciscans chose in 1588 to form(train) the first accession with the name of " San Luís's Place", with groups of Indians guachichiles. Here the San Luís's first temple got up.

Plaza del Carmen

The Plaza of Carmen is one of the most traditional places of San Luís's City , there it is possible to enjoy caresses clowns and musicians.

Juan del Jarro

He was a beggar, clairvoyant and popular philosopher who differed for his high human quality and his strange knowledge. Juan's reputation hardened with the years: he was an illuminated madman, was the clever very mad one, the certain thing is that he was a friend of all and was accepting invitations to sumptuous tables like to humble cuisines. The people wanted it and his reputation soon took a supernatural dye.

El Señor de Las Palomas

In the Plaza de Armas one finds the statue of a man who formed a part of the landscape of San Luís's Historical Center for many years. It is the Gentleman Jose Moreno Díaz, better acquaintance as the " Master of the Swallows " (El señor de las palomas). This man was coming twice daily to the Plaza de Armas to feed to the swallows and he dedicated a great part of his life to the care and protection of the Swallows. On having seen it, they were flying towards him, were eating directly of his hand and were stopping in his shoulders.

Types of tourism in San Luis

-> Adventure tourism

The rich and beautiful natural environment of the Huasteca potosina, which includes mountains, hillsides, rivers, waterfalls, caverns, etc., it turns her into a paradise to practise the tourism of adventure, that is to say, the extreme sports.

 

-> Kayac and Rafting

Between the suitable rivers to descend in kayak of flat water they find Valleys, Coy and Huichihuayan. To do it in the so called kayak of turbulent water the rivers are The Jump, Tampaón, Santa Maria, Hens, Cold Eye and the Waterfall of Monkeys. For the decrease in rafting the most propitious rivers are the Tampaón and the Micos in season of rains. The river Tampaón offers one of the most spectacular walks of Mexico, during his tour - that goes from the límite of Querétaro and San Luis up to before Valleys joining to the river passes for five beautiful cannons.



-> Abseiling

The Hill of the Bedpan constitutes a challenge to expiring for the lovers of the mountaineering. Likewise, among many other places, in Tamul's Waterfall, with his 105 m of height, it is possible to carry out the decrease to abseiling.

Tour of the City in Streetcar

An ancient car that seems to have gone out of beginning of the 20th century, maybe previous. In this transport one sits down comfortably and enjoys San Luis' majestic squares, his parks, his churches, his colonial buildings ... while a guide is narrating the histories, the legends, the traditions and the daily life of this beautiful city. It is a comfortable and rapid way of giving a walk along the history of this Mexican, ideal corner for those who want to see everything without having to walk too much.

Museums in San Luis Potosi

 

Museo del Virreinato

 The building that occupies nowadays the Museum of the Viceroyalty is a part of the former convent of Carmelite Barefooted built in the second half of the 18th century and demolished partially on the Laws of Reform having be applied.

Museo Federico Silva-Arte Contemporáneo

Located in the jardind e San Juan de Dios, on what before it was the Former Convent Hospital of San Juan de Dios, the Museum Federico Silva is the first Museum of Contemporary Sculpture of Latin America.

Museo Regional Potosino

 

In this beautiful museum the history shows itself practically San Luis' city Fortune and from the architectural point of view it highlights in an exceptional way the overdecorated beauty of Aránzazu's chapel.

Laguna de Media Luna

Of the depths of the subsoil they sprout torrents of thermal, blue waters as sapphires, which feed the wealth of the San Luís's most important lagoon: The Lagoon of the Half moon, the best place to dive and to practise the snorquel in the whole state.

The spring divides equally a temperature of between 27 ° and 32°C throughout the year, and reaches depths that go from one up to 36 meters. His bed is spied by so many clarity, which on having submerged is possible to observe the water births and, even, to penetrate to a cavern make a detour of nenuphars that during the day are illuminated by the sunbeams.

Parties of light in San Luis Potosi

San Luis is a member of LUCI (Lighting Urban Community International), the World Association of Cities Light, is the first city of Latin America that presents Luz's Festival. In Europe, a similar festival will be carried out from December 5 to December 8 in the City of Lyons, France.

As part of the feasts for being the unique city of Latin America in being a part of the world program of lighting, San Luís sheltered in December, 2007, March and November 2008, two important Parties of Light, the first one developed in the Temple of Carmen and the second one in the Metropolitan Cathedral, bringing together in both cases thousands of visitors attracted by the shining colors of his dazzling spectacle.

This is work of the painter and French set designer Xavier de Richemont, this spectacle realizes across innumerable games of beams laser, lights, prisms, photographies, images and technology of the first level, in which there will be included elements of the history and culture potosina, to illuminate the fronts of the above mentioned buildings.

Places to where to go in San Luis's Downtown

-> Central Building of the UASLP (University)

Located to a side of the Templo de la Compañia, just opposite to the Plaza de Fundadores, the Central Building of the University occupies, nowadays, the building that for his college the Jesuits constructed in the year 1624.

After the expulsion of these of the New Spain in 1767, it was a primary school until 1826 when there was founded the College Guadalupano Josefino, the first institution of higher education. Nowadays, it's Fortune Sedates her of the Head offices of San Luís's Autonomous University.

It is necessary to highlight that between 1871 and 1872, in the epoch that worked as Scientific and Literary Institute, his(her,your) front was totally renewed, and it passed of being baroque to neoclassic.


->San Luis' cathedral

San Luís's Metropolitan Cathedral is considered to be the most important monument of the state. It was one of the first baroque constructions of the city, getting up where the original parochial church was raised in 1593.

His construction initiated in 1670 and concluded in 1730, though later, at the end of the 19th century, diverse changes were applied to him, especially in the interior decoration that passed of being baroque to neoclassic.

Among his attributes they distinguish his front of baroque style salomónico adorned by statue of the apostles esculpidas in marmól from Carrara, as well as his two big towers: the right constructed in lime and singing in 1730 and the left side in gray quarry, in the year of the centenary of the Independence of Mexico.

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Sotano de las Golondrinas

It's in Tancahuitz's municipality. To come, from Ciudad Valles the road takes 85 towards the south and in the km 50 the people of Aquismón is to the right, from where there takes a dirt track of 12 km that leads to the place.

It's one of the biggest and impressive abysses of the world, with 512 m of depth, 60 of diameter and 370 of vertical fall. It is the whole spectacle to see to the birds flying in the depths of the abyss; at 6 a.m., the birds that live the basement go out for thousands in the shape of spiral and to the late afternoon they return to his singular haunt. It is possible to practise the speleology and the abseiling, though it is advisable only for experts and accompanied by a guide. In the surroundings some caves and waterfalls can be visited.





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The Edward James' Castle

Edward James built a private home, El Castillo, in Xilita and spent 25 years constructing a surrealist concrete and re-bar garden in the jungle at Las Pozas. Seeing Las Pozas is worth a journey.




The true this is a beautiful place, you can't miss the chance to go.