Plaza Morelos

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This irregular, conspicuously vacant plaza southeast of the center surrounds the Estatua Ecuestre al Patriota Morelos, a majestic statue of Morelos on horseback, sculpted by Italian artist Giuseppe Inghilleri and unveiled in 1913. Running from here to the Fuente Las Tarascas is the leafy and cobbled Calzada Fray Antonio de San Miguel, a wide pedestrian promenade framed by exquisite old buildings. Just north of its western end, narrow Callejón del Romance (Romance Alley) is all pink stone, trailing vines and cavorting couples.

There are a handful of bars here too.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Interior of Morelia Cathedral.

    Morelia Cathedral

    0.93 MILES

    Morelia’s cathedral, considered by many to be the country's most beautiful, dominates the city center, where it flanks rather than faces the central plaza…

  • The San Francisco monastery in Tzintzuntzan Mexico, which houses the Museo Antiguo Convento Franciscano de Santa Ana.

    Antiguo Convento Franciscano de Santa Ana

    26.61 MILES

    South of the lake and just west of Hwy 120 lies this enormous religious compound built partly with stones from the Purépecha yácatas (temples) taken from…

  • Palacio de Gobierno

    Palacio de Gobierno

    0.9 MILES

    This 18th-century palace, originally a seminary and now housing Michoacán state government offices, has a simple baroque facade. Inside, its soaring…

  • Centro Cultural Clavijero

    Centro Cultural Clavijero

    1.12 MILES

    From 1660 to 1767, the Palacio Clavijero, with its magnificent minimalist main patio, imposing colonnades and pink stonework, was home to the Jesuit…

  • Museo Regional Michoacano

    Museo Regional Michoacano

    1.05 MILES

    Housed in a dozen rooms of a renovated late-18th-century baroque palace, this museum contains an impressive array of pre-Hispanic artifacts, including a…

  • Tzintzuntzan Archaeological Site

    Tzintzuntzan Archaeological Site

    26.23 MILES

    This site comprises an impressive group of five semicircular reconstructed temples known as yácatas, which are all that remain of the mighty Purépecha…

  • Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe

    Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe

    0.07 MILES

    A standard baroque structure on the outside dating from 1708 to 1716, this hushed sanctuary to Mexico's patron is a different story within. Get ready for…

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Nearby Morelia attractions

2. Ex Convento de San Diego

0.05 MILES

Built as a monastery in 1761, the Ex Convento de San Diego now houses the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás…

3. Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe

0.07 MILES

A standard baroque structure on the outside dating from 1708 to 1716, this hushed sanctuary to Mexico's patron is a different story within. Get ready for…

5. Museo de Historia Natural

0.15 MILES

This strange and very small museum on the eastern side of the Bosque Cuauhtémoc park, displays fossils (including a mammoth's tusk) stuffed, dissected and…

6. Acueducto

0.16 MILES

Morelia’s impressively preserved aqueduct north runs for just over 2km along (appropriately enough) Avenida Acueducto and then curves around Plaza…

7. Bosque Cuauhtémoc

0.18 MILES

Morelia’s largest park, named after the last Aztec emperor (r 1520–21), is an attractive affair frequented by families for its shady trees, outdoor…

8. Fuente Las Tarascas

0.33 MILES

The centerpiece of Plaza Villalongín, this iconic fountain erupts from a fruit tray held by three beautiful, topless Tarascan (now called Purépecha) women…