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El Chapitel Historic Mansion

El Chapitel is a two-story mansion that retains one balcony with a wrought-iron railing. This is the site of the first commemoration of the Grito de Independencia, proclaiming Mexico’s independence from Spain. Its small museum recounts the story of what happened on that balcony when Ignacio López Rayón and Andrés Quintana Roo met.

Cultural

Family

Romance

Location

El Chapitel, Jardín Ignacio Zaragoza, Centro Histórico, Huichapan, Hgo., México

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