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Photo: Jens Uhlenbrock, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
A 28-m-tall statue of an independence hero. Juan Jose Martinez, or also known as El Pípila, was a legendary hero who wore a stone slab on his back to protect himself while burning the Spanish troops holed up in the Alhóndiga, or granary, in September 1810. The view is beautiful, particularly at night.
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Casa de las Leyendas
Exhibits about local myths, legends, and folklore with stories behind local oddities, like the infamous mummies, as told through animotronics.
Funicular Panorámico
Ride the funicular to the top of the mountain where the statue of the "Pipila" is located. No pets, no bicycles.
Museo Dieguino
The underground excavated remains of the original 17th-century cloister, of which the Templo de San Diego is the surviving remnant today. Occasionally photography and art exhibits are also hosted in this space.
Iglesia de San Diego
This is the only surviving building from the original 17th-century convent, with a splendid rococo exterior.
The architecture of this theater is part Neoclassical and part Moorish, making it a really beautiful building. Inaugurated in 1903 by President Porfirio Díaz.
This space was built as the atrium for a 17th-century convent, of which the Templo de San Diego is the sole surviving building. It now functions as the central plaza, and always has a lot of things going on, day and night. There are a number of restaurants surrounding the garden, and in the afternoons and evening there free concerts are often given from the central gazebo.