Aug. 25, 2008 - Field Trip! Morelia, Michoacán
Pack up your sunscreen, comfortable walking shoes, and convert those dollars to pesos... we're heading to Morelia, Michoacán! Michoacán is one of Mexico's 31 states, and the name comes from the native Nahuatl word for "place of the fisherman". It is situated in a mountain valley in south central Mexico.
Morelia is famous for it's colonial architecture. Walking its well-preserved streets is like stepping back in time to the 1500's, when this was a great Spanish city. Because of its beauty and well preserved state, it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This photo shows the beautiful historic town center of Morelia:
This is Morelia's baroque cathedral:
The Governor's Palace was completed in the 1700's:
Morelia's top university, The College of San Nicolas, dates back to the 1500's:
Morelia is home to 150 city blocks of historic buildings and monuments, including a colonial era aqueduct that once provided the city's water. Morelia is also the birth place of Mexico's Revolution from Spain, begun in 1810.
Not ones to be stuck in the past, Morelia and its environs house ever-growing suburbs, some of the top private schools in Mexico, a University of Engineering and Technology, and one of the largest shopping malls in Latin America. Ask a Morelian what the best feature of the city is, and he may well tell you it is the golf course designed by Jack Nicholas!
Not ones to be stuck in the past, Morelia and its environs house ever-growing suburbs, some of the top private schools in Mexico, a University of Engineering and Technology, and one of the largest shopping malls in Latin America. Ask a Morelian what the best feature of the city is, and he may well tell you it is the golf course designed by Jack Nicholas!
