In this text, Unknown Mexico tells you how was the foundation of the Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Aguascalientes ...
As a result of constant clashes that were fought between Spanish conquistadors and Chichimec groups From the north, the viceregal authorities found it necessary to establish refuges or bastions that would offer the safe transit of people and precious gold metals, between the newly founded city of Zacatecas and the capital of the kingdom of New Spain; were born like this, numerous cities like the Villa of Our Lady of the Assumption of Aguascalientes, which owes its name to the large number of hot springs that existed in the region.
Like most cities founded in his time, Aguascalientes shared the rise of the mining traditionFor this reason, the city center has numerous buildings worked in quarry, among which the Government building stands out, whose courtyards and corridors make it a true palace, also decorated with murals by the artist Osvaldo Barra Cuningham ; and the unique constructions of the Temple of San Antonio, of yellow quarry, and the Legislative Palace, as well as the Temple of the Lord of Encino and the Regional Museum.
For the visitor, Aguascalientes is still one of those cities that traced its streets with the passage of carts and horses, and still seem to resonate in them, the horseshoes of the horses that collide with the cobblestones, the sounds of the spurs and the tapping of the women. Once and after having wandered through these streets framed by houses with high gates, large patios and spectacular balconies, the visitor to the city can go to the center or go to the San Marcos garden, where a neoclassical balustrade serves as a framework for the celebration of the famous San Marcos Fair, the most popular festival in the region, which is known throughout Mexico and beyond its borders.
In it, the various Mexican customs and traditions are manifested during the day, while at night, popular festivals give life to the party between typical dishes and traditional sweets, horse races and the music of the mariachis, the jaripeos and the cockfights in the palenques, the games of chance, and of course, the emotional contests where the beautiful hydrocalid women and their companions, joyfully wear the regional costumes of the state of Aguascalientes.
