A crash course in modern day Aguascalientes
There\'s a lot for the cultural traveler in Aguascalientes, and Museums make it happen!
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The Complejo Tres Centurias (Three Century Complex) is based at the old train station. Fitting that the complex today is home to the giant Museo Ferrocarrilero. The Railway Museum collection includes the restored train station and a whole slew of vintage train cars. One was the presidential car of Lazaro Cardenas, President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. But the Museo Espacio is here too. A contemporary art museum, there\'s always gnawing and important work here too. The Museo de Aguascalientes has important works by local faves Saturnino Herran and Jesus Fructuoso Contreras. But for more than just the merely morbid, the Museo Nacional de la Muerte, the museum of death is one of the biggest in the city. The museum is just about at the very geographic center of the city, and a few blocks west of the Three Century Complex. From ancient depictions, the museum perfectly captures the preoccupation of modern-day Mexico too and leaves every visitor with a lot to think about. Finally, the Museo José Guadalupe Posada is probably the most important museum in the city. The artist, who died nearly broke, contributed as much to the contemporary Mexican identity as probably any other person in history.
The municipality of Rincón de Romos was formerly called Chora, but in 1658, Captain Diego Romo de Vivar purchased the estate of the original Hacienda de Rincón from Don Pedro Rincón de Arteaga, resulting in the conjugation of both surnames and changing the name to \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Rincón de Romos.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Among the most representative places in Pabellón de Hidalgo are the Hacienda de San Blas and Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s route to the north of the country.
Wonderful destination with a strong historical artisan tradition, natural beauty all around, long considered the Guava Capital of the World.
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In the history of Asientos, its haciendas play a very important role, as is the case with the Hacienda de Asientos. Some vestiges of Asientos\\\\\\\'s former wealth remain in the town: old colonial mansions with worn facades depicting Our Lady of Bethlehem.
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One of the most important little towns in Aguascalientes.
