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The Best Attractions In Xalapa

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Xalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of 413,136. The municipality has an area of 118.45 km². Xalapa lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city in the state after the city of Veracruz to the southeast.
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The Best Attractions In Xalapa

  • 1. Parque de los Tecajetes Xalapa
    Parque de los Tecajetes is a park in the city of Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico. Formed on a natural depression, underneath the ground is a fresh-water spring that feeds the aqueducts, artificial pools and canals that are a characteristic of the park.
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  • 2. Anthropology Museum Xalapa
    The Museo de Antropología de Xalapa is an anthropological museum in the city of Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico. The building was designed by the architect Edward Durrell Stone and opened in 1986. The museum houses the largest collection of artifacts from Mexican Gulf Coast cultures such as the Olmec, the Huastec and the Totonac with more than 25,000 pieces. The most notable pieces in the museum are the giant Olmec heads and the smaller Totonac ones, which are called caritas sonrientes in Spanish. The museum also contains a 40,000-square-meter garden. Some of the pieces in the museum date back to the Early Pre-Classic Period from 1300 BC to 900 BC. Architect. Arq. Sergio Mejia Ontiveros
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  • 3. Juárez Park Xalapa
    Parque Juárez is a public park in the city of Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico. It was inaugurated in 1892 and named in honor of Benito Juárez, 20 years after his death. The park is located in central Xalapa with a terrace-like appearance adjoining the Palacio de Gobierno building, across the street from the Palacio Municipal and close to the Cathedral. The southern side of the park looks over the valley below, offering scenic views of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains: Cofre de Perote to the West and snowcapped Pico de Orizaba to the South.Since the early 16th century, the site had been the location of the Monastery of San Francisco. In 1922, the Junta de Obras Materiales de Jalapa, presided by William K. Boone, proposed, designed and built a ramp to make it easier f...
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  • 5. Parque Los Berros Xalapa
    Parque Los Berros, in Xalapa, Veracruz, is located a short distance to the southeast of the center of town, in the neighbourhood of the Stadium. Its name was derived from an edible herb called berros that used to grow in the area. Throughout the 19th century, the place would turn into a mosquito-infested marshland during the Summer rainy season. The rest of the year, it was occasionally used for horse-racing, as is shown in an engraving published in Historia Antigua de Jalapa by Manuel Rivera y Cambas, in 1871. It was on this site, most probably the army campground, around April 20, 1847, that members of the Fourth Illinois Infantry Regiment played the first game of baseball in México, as gathered from oral tradition and recorded in a 1909 publication, perhaps the first ever played outsid...
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  • 8. Pinacoteca Diego Rivera Xalapa
    Pinacoteca Diego Rivera is an art gallery in the city of Xalapa, in Veracruz state, of eastern Mexico. Located near the City Hall and Parque Juárez in the downtown area of the city, it has the widest collection of Diego Rivera's paintings in all of Mexico.The museum was inaugurated by the state government on April 21, 1998 to provide the opportunity to the public to study the artwork of one of Mexico's famous painters.
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  • 10. Paseo Los Lagos Xalapa
    Paseo de los Lagos is a lake and public path located in the city of Xalapa in Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. It was once the site of an ancient dam. Today, Paseo de los Lago consists of footpaths surrounded by leafy trees, with the lake and a fresh-water spring in the middle.
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  • 14. Jardin Botanico Francisco Javier Clavijero Xalapa
    The Jardín Botánico Clavijero is an important botanical garden in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The garden is dedicated to Francisco Javier Clavijero, who was a Novohispano Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian.
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  • 15. Callejon del Diamante Xalapa
    Callejón Diamante is an important central street in the city of Xalapa in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico. At night the street is often crowded with a Bohemian atmosphere and features a number of cafes and shops catering for the arts. It is located near the Callejón Jesús te Ampare, a cobblestone street which connects to the Church of San José of Xalapa.
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