Lugares para visitar en Pátzcuaro y sus alrededores

You can find Juan O’Gorman’s mural , illustrating the history of the State of Michoacan , in the Public Library in Patzcuaro .   It’s one of the principal attractions of our town, and we recommend it to all our guests at Hotel Mansion Iturbe .  Juan O'Gorman's Mural in Pátzcuaro The mural is – or should be – part of any tour of Patzcuaro .   It’s a fantastic way to see “at a glance” the history of Michoacan in a huge, colorful, pictorial manner.  It depicts pre-Hispanic times, with the very creation of the Purépecha people , their lives before the time of the Spanish Conquest , and the effect the Conquest had on them, including the horror with which they were initially treated.   Then we see the arrival of the first bishop Don Vasco de Quiroga , who strove to protect and safeguard the indigenous.   In the same mural, we see images of more recent history, including images of our dear José María Morelos y Pavón. Juan O'Gorman Mural in Patzcu...

      One of the most highly recommended places to visit in Pátzcuaro is La Biblioteca Pública Gertrudis Bocanegra (it so close, you can actually see it from the balconies of Hotel Mansión Iturbe).        The original building was constructed in 1576 as an Augustinian Convent.   Almost three hundred years later (1860), the State took control of it in 1882 and, in 1938, General Lázaro Cárdenas declared it the site for La Biblioteca Pública Gertrudis Bocanegra.              In February 1941, the famous Juan O’Gorman began a monumental work that would take him a full year to complete:   painting the huge, historical, floor-to-ceiling mural on the far (north) inside wall of the enormous library.          Juan O’Gorman is known not only as a great muralist, but as a great architect, as well.   He is attributed with intro...