
City and municipality in Mexico
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Celaya is a city of 378,000 people (2020) in Guanajuato, Mexico. Celaya is the third largest city in the State of Guanajuato, after Leon and Guanajuato.
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Built from 1802 to 1807 (neoclassical architectural construction).
The Municipal Pantheon was the first civil cemetery in Celaya, it is one of the most important necropolises in the State; Inaugurated in the 19th century, the funerary architecture of this pantheon stands out for its diversity, and the set offers a sense of orderly disorder, between tombstones broken by the passage of time and recent structures. Next to the pantheon is the Museum of Mummies, in which 22 mummified bodies are exhibited in various rooms, where the mummification process is explained.
The Casa del Diezmo Cultural Center, formerly known as Alhóndiga, was built by the soldier Hernán Pérez Bocanegra, who had arrived with the troops of Hernán Cortés. It is a museum, municipal historical archive,and a school of arts . Its architecture stands out for its quarry lintels, its carved wooden doors and windows dating from the seventeenth century.
It dates from 1609, stands out for its Plateresque decoration with Moorish reminiscence, unique and distinctive; built by the first Augustinian friars who arrived in the city in the 17th century.
It is a castle in which the house of the culture of Celaya resides. Denotes plateresque architecture and with reminiscent Moorish elements. It dates from 1609.
Inside the temple you can see the baroque style and its neoclassical façade, the construction dates from 1683. It is one of the largest in the Mexican Republic. It is the second temple nationwide to house the Immaculate Conception, whose feast is celebrated every December 8.
This city icon has supplied water to portions of downtown since 1908. The tank was manufactured in Germany and assembled on site, and is unique in being assembled using rivets rather than welds. It is believed to be the only one of its kind with a spherical shape. Traditionally, locals tell visitors that it is filled with cajeta (a candy), taking them to visit the "Bola del Agua" on Sundays, the traditional day for visiting the Independencia Lane.
Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras's work, it was the first national sculpture erected to honor the Independence of Mexico. In 1822, it was built in the garden of the Historic Center.
This museum has eight rooms and nine thematic axes, ranging from its pre-Hispanic past, the conformation as a town through the heraldry of its coat of arms, and the contributions of its neighborhoods to popular culture, among other topics.
The metropolitan park of Celaya.
A boardwalk on the bank of the Laja river.
Celaya's regional Christmas fair is held each year from December 17 to January 4 in the old "Celanese Mexicana" factory at the exit to Salvatierra to the south of the urban area.
A team of the Liga de Ascenso.
By plane
BJX airport and QRO airports are nearby.
By car
From Queretaro, it is a fast, easy drive to Celaya on a modern divided highway. Head west on federal highway MEX-45D for 45 minutes and you will be in Celaya. The highway has tolls.
By bus
mx for M$333 where you get just a free soda and cookie.
Walking is the easiest way to get around in the core downtown area of el centro. Uber is available in Celaya and taxis are easy to find. You can ask your hotel front desk staff to call a taxi for you.
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