Durango Sights and Landmarks Guide, Mexico

The city of Durango has many tourist hot spots and you will surely need more than a day to visit all of them. History lovers have museums waiting for them and many archeological sites while there are many shopping zones too for you to have some time out with your family. Greatly designed movie sets must be visited to see the work of some world famous architects.

Various theaters as pointed above must be visited whenever you hit the city of Durango. You will get the chance to feel the culture of Durango when you attend various plays that are regularly organized in these theaters. You must at least visit two famous theaters that are very famous amongst the tourists for their unique architecture.

Ricardo Castro Theatre and Victoria Theatre are very famous for their unique design build buy some famous architects. Victoria Theater is amongst the oldest in complete northern Mexico while Ricardo Castro Theater is of the historical times dating somewhere near that of Porfirio Diaz times. It has been built like French style monuments and this is enough to attract many tourists towards the monument.

Basilica Menor Cathedral is famous due to the awesome Baroque style of design that the monument reflects. Whenever you will visit the cathedral then you will get the feel of awesome style of art that the interior reflects and will surely help you learn a lot about the history of Durango. The cathedral was built somewhere during the 18th century. You will get the chance to enjoy various retablos which were tiny oil paintings which were designed during those historical years.

You must also visit the historic center of Durango which contains over thousand historical monuments. You will get the chance to visit a huge period of history all at one place. You will feel like you are visiting some rare and huge museum which will take you back in history. Many historical organizations have said that Durango must be named World Heritage Site due to the huge number of historical monuments that are part of this city.

Some of other things which you must experience whenever you visit the city of Durango are the tram rides, the cultural complex of Durango, La Ferreira, various other museums, the huge plus beautiful church (built in the memory of Cerro de los Remedios), and many damns.

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