Monumento a Benito Juárez — Attraction in Delegación Epigmenio González

Grandiose is the word that came to mind when I first crested the hill and walked onto this plaza and saw the monument in front of me. Without knowing anything about the man this place immortalizes, I could tell he was a very important figure in the local history here and I was encouraged to find out more about him.

During my visit, I was the only one here (which added to the mystery of the place), and it was quite impressive to look upon the relief map of the city and then read about the person towering way above me. This was a surprise during my short visit to Queretaro and I so glad I made the decision to come here. Definitely a highlight of my visit to this quite beautiful...

Quiet tricky to reach the monument, must get a separate ticket for the museum from the main entrance. Its only worth visiting because it represents the great Benito Juarez, and the execution site...

En la cima del cerro de las campanas, se erigió un monumento en honor al presidente Benito Juárez viendo hacia el oriente, de 13 metros de altura, sobre una base rectangular de seis metros de altura por 14 de longitud y siete de anchura. Se inauguró el 15 de mayo de 1967, en el centenario del triunfo de la república, por el presidente Gustavo Díaz Ordaz y el gobernador Manuel...