Guanajuato’s 5 archaeological sites are now open to the public

Published March 3, 2021 (sp)

With the change of traffic light to Orange on the State Traffic Light for reactivation today, the five historic sites of the Bajío are ready to welcome you:

>Peralta (Abasolo)
>Plazuelas (Pénjamo)
>Cañada de la Virgen (San Miguel de Allende)
>El Cóporo (Ocampo) and
>Arroyo Seco (Victoria)

All opened their doors to continue with the cultural, historical and tourist program.

PERALTA (Abasolo)

Located near Abasolo, Peralta is made up of several architectural complexes, among which we can mention El Divisadero, La Mesita de los Gallos, El Conjunto 3 (Celes), and Conjunto 4 (Rancho). Its architecture is made up of mounds and sunken courtyards.

PLAZUELAS (Pénjamo)

Plazuelas is considered one of the most complex cities in the region. It was settled between 600 and 900 A.D. and is conceived as an open space in direct relationship with the hills.

In the excavations fragments of a sculpture of 2. 60 meters long and petroglyphs were found on the edges of the ravines on rocky outcrops.

CAÑADA DE VIRGEN (San Miguel de Allende)

Located in the central basin of the Rio de la Laja in the middle of the Mesoamerican border, Cañada de la Virgen has the construction of diverse structures on a surface of 16 hectares attributed to tribes of Otomí filiation. Its inhabitants possessed very advanced astronomical knowledge, which facilitated the control of time and productive cycles.

EL CÓPORO (Ocampo)

El Cóporo, whose word of Tarascan origin means “on the great road or the great road”, is made up of a series of villages around the hill, where its inhabitants cultivated corn, squash, amaranth, tomatillo, beans and chili, which formed part of their basic diet.

ARROYO SECO (Victoria)

And the last one to open its doors to the public, Arroyo Seco, which unlike the previous ones is a cave painting site located in the municipality of Victoria.

The area is made up of a plain and two small natural elevations of relevant landscape value, where the pictorial groups that give this site its historical patrimonial value are located.

WHAT TIME CAN I GO?

Visiting hours are:

Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with a limited tour for a group of 15 people.

The exception is Cañada de la Virgen, where each tour is limited to 20 visitors. General admission is $39 pesos and $12 pesos for children under 12 years of age.

All sites are open under the protocol of the Cultura en Guardia program, which consists of a commitment to generate a safe environment to enjoy art and culture.

It is therefore MANDATORY:

>the use of mouth covers
>healthy distance of 1.5 meters between people
>entrance only through a sanitary filter (for disinfection),
>follow the unidirectional routes
>do not carry packages or backpacks, food or beverages.