Mérida 481 Anniversary: ​​What to visit in the city?

This January 6 the city of Merida celebrates its founding anniversary number 481, so the festivities to commemorate the capital of the state of Yucatan began from Thursday night and the early hours of this Friday.

The anniversary of Mérida took place within the framework of the traditional magna vaquería, in which local folkloric ballets and guests demonstrated to the public that gathered on Calle 61 and 62, their best jarana steps wearing the typical costume of Yucatan.

Subsequently, the alborada took place, an activity in which the mayor of the city is accompanied by the different groups and associations of troubadours from Mérida, in a walk that starts from the Cathedral to the Parque de Santa Lucía, where a serenade is dedicated. to the city, where you can’t miss songs like “the mornings” and “Pilgrim”.

In this 2022, the anniversary of the Yucatecan capital also includes a billboard of events framed in the Mérida Fest, which include great artists such as Aterciopelados and Óscar D’León, who share the program with local talents such as Dzereco and Nohoch, Chepita Kakatúa and Cuxum, which attract both people who live in the city and those who are visiting.

Therefore, in addition to the Mérida Fest billboard which can be consulted on the town hall page, we have listed a series of emblematic sites that people can visit during their stay in the capital.

Paseo de Montejo

Paseo de Montejo,1 is the name of a main road in the city of Mérida, Mexico, named after Francisco de Montejo, conqueror of Yucatán and founder of the capital city of Yucatán.

It is an avenue that extends from the Santa Ana neighborhood, in the center of the city, to the exit to the port of Progreso, Yucatán, including the extensions carried out at different times.

Cathedral

The Cathedral of Yucatán, in the city of Mérida, capital of the state, dedicated to San Ildefonso, is the seat of the archdiocese of Yucatán and the first cathedral built in continental America (mainland), and it is also the oldest in Mexico .

It was built by order of King Felipe II after the authorization of Pope Pius IV, after the founding of the city of Mérida on the ancient Mayan city of T’Hó in 1542. Only the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, in all of America, is more older than that of Yucatan.

House of the Montejos

The Montejo house is a building built between 1542 and 1549 by the conquistadors of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Montejo to be used as their family residence in the historic center.

The construction has been partially preserved to date, after several modifications and restorations carried out over the centuries by the successive owners of the property.

The building is currently owned by the Fundación Fomento Cultural Banamex, AC and a House of Culture and the Casa Montejo Museum have been arranged inside.

canton palace

The Palacio Cantón is a Porfirian building that was the residence of the Cantón Rosado family, built in the first decade of the 20th century and which currently houses the Regional Museum of Anthropology of Yucatán.

It is located on Paseo de Montejo and it houses an important collection of Yucatecan Mayan culture, with both permanent and temporary exhibitions.

St. Lucia

The Santa Lucía park is the oldest square in the city, dating its establishment from the very founding of the city in 1542. It is located at the intersection of 60th and 55th streets, three streets north of the Yucatan Cathedral.

Since 1965, every Thursday it is transformed into a stage for the now traditional Yucatecan serenade, where well-known troubadour trios, the Yucalpetén Typical Orchestra and groups of jaraneros perform.

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monument to the motherland

The Monument to the Homeland is a mega stone sculpture erected in the mid-20th century to honor the Mexican homeland, sculpted entirely by hand by Colombian sculptor Rómulo Rozo, on Paseo de Montejo avenue.

The monument is one of the most iconic structures in the city and the only one in the world to be entirely carved directly from stone.

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