Pabellón de Hidalgo is one of the Pueblos Magicos of Aguascalientes. It's a tiny town of less than 5,000 residents, but somehow it manages to pack a ton of history and culture into just its own tiny area.
The parish church of San Blas Obispo y Martir is just across from the Hacienda de San Blas. Both were dedicated to Saint Blaise of Sebaste who was martyred in 316. He's largely forgotten today.
The Hacienda came to hold the Museum of the Insurgency in 1967. The museum is here because after the Battle of Puente de Calderón in 1811, the Mexican Independence army basically took off and the leadership came to stay at the Hacienda de San Blas. On February 25 of the same year, the leadership, including Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama, and Mariano Abasolo dismissed Miguel Hidalgo from command of the insurgency and reorganized.
The estate later became the first museum in Aguascalientes. Today, the museum houses a chapel, bakery, stables, baths, and mills, as well as galleries related to the Insurgent Army, the movement for independence and related artifacts. The museum was renovated in 2012.
The parish church just across the street dates from the 18th century, and it sets a tone for the rest of the walkable and charming town center.
Visitors arrive to Pabellón de Hidalgo usually via the nearby Pabellón de Arteaga which is served by buses a little more frequently. To the north, some ten minutes away, the municipal seat is at Rincón de Romos. Just slightly larger, it can offer some services not available in the tiny but magical village of Pabellón de Hidalgo.
