Located in one of the corners that face the main garden of San Miguel de Allende, the formerly called Palacio de los Condes de la Canal -because they were the ones who built it- is a sample of aristocratic residences from the 18th century.
Its majestic neoclassical façade shows us the family's coats of arms. On the second level there is a niche with the sculpture of Our Lady of Loreto, patron saint of the family, flanked by two pairs of columns that hold a medallion with a coat of arms of the order of Calatrava, as a finish.
From the corner room you can see the most important accesses to the city of San Miguel; and there its former inhabitants stood guard during the war of independence, to give the alert when the royalist troops came.
Currently the building belongs to the National Bank of Mexico, and constitutes a sample and example of what can be done with a deteriorated and not very functional property, turning it into a magnificent residence, as is the specific case of the Casa de los Condes de la Canal. .
In Guanajuato there are several large houses in cities and farms, waiting for someone to restore them to be able to open their doors to tourism, either as hotels, restaurants, art galleries, etc.
