See also:

• GUANAJUATO, or GUANAXUATO
• GUANAJUATO, or SANTA FE DE GUANAJUATO

GUANAJUATO, or See also:

• SANTA

SANTA FE DE GUANAJUATO  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the above See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, 155 M . (See also:

• DIRECT

direct) N.W. of the Federal capital, on a small tributary of the Rio Grande de See also:

• LERMA, FRANCISCO DE SANDOVAL Y ROJAS, DUKE OF (1552–1625)

Lerma or See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago . Pop . (1895) 39,404; (1900) 41,486 . The city is built in the See also:

• CANADA

Canada de Marfil at the junction of three ravines about 6500 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and its narrow, tortuous streets rise steeply as they follow the ravines upward to the See also:

• MINING

mining villages clustered about the opening of the mines in the hillsides . See also:

• GUANAJUATO, or GUANAXUATO
• GUANAJUATO, or SANTA FE DE GUANAJUATO

Guanajuato is sometimes described as a collection of mining villages; but in addition there is the central city with its crowded winding streets, its substantial old See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish buildings, its fifty ore-crushing See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and busy factories and its bustling commercial See also:

• LIFE

life . Enclosing the city are the steep, barren See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain sides honeycombed with mines .. The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is semi-tropical and is considered healthy . The noteworthy public buildings and institutions are an interesting old Jesuit See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church with See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches of See also:

• PINK

pink See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone and delicate See also:

• CARVING

carving, eight monasteries, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, a See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint dating from 1812, a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, the See also:

• FINE

fine Teatro See also:

• JUAREZ, BENITO PABLO (1806-1872)

Juarez, and the See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon, or public See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery, with catacombs below . The Alhondiga de Granaditas, originally a public granary, was used as a fort during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, and is celebrated as the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the first See also:

• BATTLE

battle (181o) in that See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long struggle . Among the manufactures are cottons, prints, soaps, chemicals, pottery and silverware, .but mining is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INTEREST

interest and occupation of the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population . The See also:

• SILVER

silver mines of the vicinity were long considered the richest in Mexico, the celebrated Veta Madre (See also:

• MOTHER

mother lode) even being described as the richest in the See also:

• WORLD

world; and Guanajuato has the largest reduction See also:

• WORKS

works in Mexico .

The railway outlet for the city consists of a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Mexican Central, which joins the See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk See also:

• LINE

line at Silao . Guanajuato was founded in 1554 . It attained the dignity of a city in 1741 . It was celebrated for its vigorous resistance to the invaders at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Spanish See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest, and was repeatedly sacked during that war .