Pachuca, State capital in central Mexico
Description
Pachuca is the capital of Hidalgo state in the central highlands and rests at 2382 meters altitude in the Sierra Madre Oriental range. Streets wind between hillsides, surrounded by old silver mines and newer neighborhoods of painted houses.
History
The Spanish crown founded the settlement in 1534 to extract the rich silver deposits of the region. Bartolomé de Medina developed a mercury extraction method here in the 16th century that changed mining worldwide.
Culture
Miners from Cornwall brought football and a folded pastry filled with meat or beans to Hidalgo in the 19th century, and both remain central to daily life today. You will find these pastries sold at almost every corner, eaten at any hour and part of everyday routines.
Practical
Federal Highway 85 connects the city directly to Mexico City, and regular buses depart from Carlos Balmori Martínez Terminal. The climate at this elevation brings cool evenings even when the sun shines during the day.
Did you know?
The National Photography Museum holds 850,000 original photographs documenting 160 years of Mexican life. You can browse through decades of everyday routines, work and celebrations as if the past were within reach.
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Monumental Clock of Pachuca
707 m
Salón de la Fama del Fútbol
4.9 km
Ex monastery of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico
546 m
Parque David Ben Gurión
5 km
Cristo Rey de Pachuca
1.8 km
Macromural de Pachuca
1.2 km
Parque Ecológico Cubitos
2.9 km
Basílica Menor de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
648 m
Historic Archive and Museum of Mining in Pachuca
604 m
Plaza Juárez
82 m
Municipal Hall of Pachuca de Soto
808 m
La Asuncion Parish, Pachuca
976 m
Bioparque de Convivencia en Pachuca, Hidalgo
1.2 km
Rotonda de los Hidalguenses Ilustres en Pachuca
512 m
Estadio Revolución Mexicana
920 m
Fototeca Nacional
509 m
Plaza Constitución
909 m
Teatro Hidalgo Bartolomé de Medina
83 m
La Maestranza
1.4 km
Cuartel del Arte en Pachuca, Hidalgo
462 mZona de Preservación Ecológica Cerro del Lobo
1.1 km
Edificio de las Cajas Reales
1 km
Saint Francis Theater
755 m
Centro Cultural El Ferrocarril
480 m
Museo de Mineralogía de la UAEH
678 m
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Pachuca
426 m
Foro Cultural Efrén Rebolledo, Pachuca
759 m
Futbol Interactive Center
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