Virgin of Zapopan trumps Columbus in these parts
The legend of the Virgin of Zapopan began in 1525 when Franciscan friars arrived in what is now Zapopan to convert the local Indians.
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The legend of the Virgin of Zapopan began in 1525 when Franciscan friars arrived in what is now Zapopan to convert the local Indians.
The annual Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will be virtual in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Universidad de Guadalajara has announced.
The first stage of the project to decorate the columns of the Tren Ligero line three has concluded, with 31 artists undertaking murals on the Zapopan leg of the route.
The former mayor of Guadalajara, businessman and engineer Enrique Dau Flores, has died at the age of 83 after a heart attack.
Even a global pandemic won’t prevent the beloved Virgin of Zapopan from making her annual pilgrimage back to her home base in the Zapopan Basilica, a procession known as the “Romeria.”
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro hands over a plaque to Zapopan Mayor Pablo Lemus designating the Guadalajara metropolitan area an “Age-Friendly City.”
Artists this week got to work on the Traza Jalisco project that will see murals painted on 110 of the 377 columns of the elevated third Tren Ligero (light train) line traversing the Guadalajara metro area.
Firefighters this week gave a traditional water salute to the first Emirates airplane to land at the Guadalajara International Airport.
Dressed mainly in black, and wearing the green bandanas that have become the symbol of the pro-choice movement in Latin America, some 500 women marched in downtown Guadalajara on September 28 to mark International Safe Abortion Day.