| Brief Description:
The old colonial town of Querétaro is unusual in retaining side
by side the original street patterns of both the native Indian inhabitants
and the Spanish conquerors. The twisting streets of the Indian quarters
contrast with the geometrically laid out section of the Spanish. The Otomi,
the Tarasco, the Chichimeca and the Spanish lived peacefully together
in the town, notable for its many extravagantly adorned civil and religious
baroque monuments from its golden age in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Committee |