2. INRODUCTION
Alamos
Álamos
Sonora
is a city of the
Mexican state of Sonora,
head of the municipality
of the same name. It is
located in the
southeastern part of the
State of Sonora.
with an area of 6947.47
square kilometers
occupied by surface sixth
in the state.
3. The
city itself is a
monument to be traveled in
every corner, and that
its streets is enclosed pieces
of history on a particular
style. Framed in a colonial
atmosphere, with centuryold buildings and narrow
cobbled
alleys, Álamos offers
tourists a pleasant
stay with many
attractions to visit
and enjoy.
4. TRADITIONS
To
keep alive their history and traditions are
performed each year many special events like
the festival held in honor of Dr. Alfonso Ortiz
Tirado.
Celebrations of the Virgin of La balvanera.
and the festivity of the Immaculate
Conception.
5. ALFONZO ORTIZ PARTY THROWN
It
is held since 1984 in honor of Dr. Alfonso Ortiz
Tirado, distinguished Sonora, originally from
Poplar, doctor, singer, philanthropist and
humanitarian.
6. FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LA
BALVANERA
The
feast of the Virgin of La
balvanera are performed
between 20 and 25 November
of each year and are a
tradition for visitors and
residents, this is carried out in
a place called the office
where all the visitors come to
have fun and lay hold candles
to the Virgin of balvanera.
7. HISTORY
Alamos
was founded in the
late seventeenth century
after the discovery of silver
mines in the region, was one
of the first Spanish
settlements in what is now
the state of Sonora and
became the main settlement
in the region, the name it was
known in its early years was
Real de Los Frailes or Real de
la Limpia Concepción de los
Alamos.
8. PLACES OF INTEREST
CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION
In
the late seventeenth
century, when he founded the
Real of Los Alamos or the
Friars, as it is also known, a
church was built with thick
adobe walls plastered in
white, Amapá beamed
ceiling, enough to meet the
requirements of the town at
the time and until now was
kept so that people can visit.
9. THE VIEWPOINT
The tower was built on a poplar top so that
you can see the beautiful city by the other
people, this has a wonderful landscape
and is the ideal place for visitors as they
can see how big it is poplar.
10. SQUARE OF ARMS
The
Square of arms
with majestic arches,
narrow cobblestone
streets, wrought-iron
balconies, porches,
patios and backyards
of the old houses, with
fantastic gardens,
where everything
seems suspended in
time past, for the rest
of its current residents.
11. MANNERS MUSEUM
is
in a building dating from the eighteenth century,
and exhibits a variety of common objects,
photographs, documents and machinery. This site is
unique in the state to host a rich cultural heritage
that is certainly a historical walk, economic, social
and cultural development of the region. Here we
offer art workshops and tours
12. ALLEY KISS
It is said that once live
two youths who were
deeply in love, but the
pope of the girl did not
allow her to be with
him, so had decided to
send her to a convent,
the house of the two
was divided by an
alley and balcony by
which looked every
day why he was called
alley of the kiss.
13. GASTRONOMY
Alamos there are many
meals buenisimas some are
• Cortes American-style
beef.
• Machaca.
• The hash.
• corn tamales.
• Flour tortillas.
• Incredible.
14. In poplar the main
economic activities are
mining to which most
people are engaged
and thanks to this the
city now known as
poplar farm, agriculture
is more common in the
surrounding villages,
livestock has to see
whith cattle ranchers
dedicated to livestock.
15. also in Alamos, Sonora
lived out actress Maria
Felix, Maria de Los
Angeles Felix Guerena,
better known as María
Félix was the most
prominent Mexican
actress, known worldwide
for its dazzling beauty,
great intelligence and
strong character.
