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Plaza de Armas | |
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The square in 2021 | |
Location | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
Coordinates: 20°40′34.5″N103°20′49″W / 20.676250°N 103.34694°W |
Plaza de Armas is an urban square in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. [1] [2] [3]
Guadalajara Cathedral and the Palacio de Gobierno de Jalisco border the square.
Guadalajara is a city in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 8th most populous city in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in the country and the twenty-second largest metropolitan area in the Americas. Guadalajara has the second-highest population density in Mexico, with over 10,361 people per square kilometer. Within Mexico, Guadalajara is a center of business, arts and culture, technology and tourism; as well as the economic center of the Bajío region. It usually ranks among the 100 most productive and globally competitive cities in the world. It is home to numerous landmarks, including Guadalajara Cathedral, the Teatro Degollado, the Templo Expiatorio, the UNESCO World Heritage site Hospicio Cabañas, and the San Juan de Dios Market—the largest indoor market in Latin America.
The Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano or SITEUR is an urban rail transit system serving the Guadalajara metropolitan area, in the municipalities of Guadalajara, Zapopan and Tlaquepaque, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It is owned and operated by the state of Jalisco.
Plaza de Armas is a plaza and local attraction in Centro, Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
The Nueva Plaza Cartel is a Mexican criminal organization from the state of Jalisco. The group began as a split from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, having an important presence in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, having been previously commanded by Carlos Enrique Sánchez Martínez, "El Cholo," Emilio Alejandro Pulido Saldaña, "El Tiburón," and Érick Valencia Salazar "El 85". El Cholo would be killed in 2021, with "El Tiburón" surrendering himself to Mexican authorities soon afterwards. El 85 would be arrested in 2022.
Plaza de la Liberación is an urban square in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Plaza Guadalajara is an urban square in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Zona Centro is the historic center of Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Cabeza Vainilla is one of three sculptures by Javier Marín. The statues are commonly installed in museums and squares. The whole set features giant heads. As of 2021, Cabeza Vainilla is installed in Zapopan's Plaza de las Américas Juan Pablo II, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Plaza Tapatía is an urban plaza in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The plaza is made of multiple smaller squares, Paseo del Hospicio and the Central Esplanade.
An antimonumenta was installed in the Plaza de Armas, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on 25 November 2020, the date commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, during the annual march of women protesting against gender violence. The sculpture is symbolically named Antimonumenta and it was inspired by the anti-monument of the same name placed in Mexico City a year prior.
A statue of Francisco Tenamaztle is installed in Centro, Guadalajara's Plaza Fundadores, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Plaza Fundadores is an urban square in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
A statue of Clemente Aguirre is installed along the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
A statue of Ignacio Vallarta is installed along the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
A statue of Luis Barragán is installed along the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, in Centro, Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
La Normal is the tenth station of Line 3 of the Guadalajara Urban Electric Train System from south-east to north-west and the eighth in opposite direction. It's one the underground stations of said line, as well as the northernmost station from the underground tunnel before exiting to the surface towards the elevated viaduct Guadalajara-Zapopan.
Guadalajara Centro railway station is the ninth station of Line 3 of Guadalajara's SITEUR from south-east to north-west, and the tenth in the opposite direction; it is also a station with a large influx of passengers because it acts as a transfer station with Plaza Universidad on Line 2 of the system.
Line 3 of the Guadalajara Urban Electric Train System is the third public transport railway line in the Guadalajara metropolitan area (México) and currently its longest. The line connects the Historical Centres of Zapopan, Guadalajara and Tlaquepaque, through the Diagonal Metropolitan Vial Corridor; consisting of Juan Gil Preciado, Juan Pablo II, Manuel Ávila Camacho, Alcalde / 16 de Septiembre and Revolución / Francisco Silva Romero avenues, from the Arcos de Zapopan neighbourhood until the Central Camionera Oriente of Guadalajara. It has 18 stations from south-east to north-west, of which 13 are elevated and 5 are underground. It stretches along 21.5 km. It is estimated that the line moves 233,000 daily passengers.
Mercado del Mar is the sixteenth station of the Line 3 of the Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano of Guadalajara from south-east to north-west and the third in the opposite direction.
An antimonumento was installed adjacent to Antimonumenta, in the Plaza de Armas, in front of the State Government Palace, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Human rights groups installed the sculpture to commemorate the protests of 4, 5, and 6 June 2020, when demonstrators were violently repressed by the state police while they were protesting the death of Giovanni López the previous month.