Guadalajara is a big city full of landmarks. It is not feasible to explore all of them, but we had a chance to visit some of them. The first one noteworthy is Museo Cabanyas.
It is located at the Hospicio Cabanyas, owing its name to Bishop Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabanyas y Crespo, who arrived in Mexico in 1796 with the mission to construct a shelter for orphans, the elderly and the homeless.
The Hospicio Cabanyas, built in a Neo Classical architecture, has featured exhibitions of great national and international importance that have included local as well as national and foreign artists. It was named a U.N. World Heritage Site.
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The interior of the main building has the colorful mural paintings of Jose Clemente Orozco, one of Mexico's famous muralists. He began painting the interior of the main chapel in 1939 and concluded the 57 vibrant frescoes whose central figure in the dome is the Man of Fire.
The plaza in front of the Hospicio Cabanyas had bronze sculptures that were of interest.
Inside the Hospicio Cabanyas was Museo Cabanyas. It had many exhibitions and here are some of the images I found of interest, including the images that represent the State of Jalisco.
Near the Museo Cabanyas was Plaza Tapatia. It is a plaza built on the roads linking the Museo Cabanyas to the Guadalajara Downtown that has the Teatro and Guadalajara Cathedral.
Not too far from Plaza Tapatia was Mercado Libertad or Mercado San Juan de Dios, the largest retail market in Guadalajara, where you can easily get lost. We had been here before so we made a quick stop.
Guadalajara deserves another post to show the places we visited. - Jeffrey
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