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Last year, members of the Guadalajara-based group Jalisco Desconocido located and explored the remains of the abandoned Hacienda de Ibarra, hidden deep inside a canyon at the north end of the city. More recently, the team was able to visit isolated and hard-to-reach La Florida, one of Mexico’s most elegant
casonas (mansions) and one of the favorite haunts of president Porfirio Díaz.
La Florida, first known as Villa Aloha, is in the little town of Atequiza, Jalisco, just 10 kilometers north of Lake Chapala. It is said to have been constructed around 1876 by the powerful Cuesta-Gallardo family.
“For them,” said columnist “El Duque de Tlaquepaque” in the newspaper
The legacy that Armando Manzanero left
On December 28, the Mexican musician passed away, leaving an invaluable legacy .
The Government of Mexico has decided to pay tribute to the late artist at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. / Photo: Flickr-Angel Abril Ruiz
LatinAmerican Post | Moisés Campos
Armando Manzanero,
singer, composer, musician and music producer, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020, leaving a legacy of more than 400 songs, many of them recognized worldwide and which have become a hymn to romance and love. love, like Somos Novios and Esta tarde vi llover , among others.
Due to the mark he has left in the world of music, the Government of Mexico has decided to pay tribute to him at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, when sanitary conditions allow it, according to the information collected by El Comercio newspaper on its website.