Alhondiga de Granaditas Museum

Local nameAlhóndiga de Granaditas
LocationGuanajuato City, Mexico

The Alhóndiga de Granaditas is an old grain storage building in Guanajuato City, Mexico. This historic building was created to replace an old grain exchange near the city's river. The name Alhóndiga translates roughly from both Arabic and Spanish as grain market or warehouse. It is equivalent to the regional grain exchange. Its construction lasted from 1798 to 1809, by orders of Juan Antonio de Riaño y Bárcena, a Spaniard who was the quartermaster of the city during the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla helped build it. The building received World Heritage listing as part of the Historic Town of Guanajuato in 1988.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhóndiga_de_Granaditas

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/laalhondigadegranaditas

Info http://www.guanajuato.mx/gtomx/es/top-300-plus/recursos-turisticos/museos/item/alhondiga-de-granaditas

Email gabriela_rodriguez@inah.gob.mx

Phone +52 473 732 1112

Address Calle 28 de Septiembre esq. con Mendizabal, 36000 Guanajuato, Mexico

Coordinates 21°1'8.496" N -101°15'28.071" E

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