Attractions of San Luis Potosí

Destinations in San Luis Potosí are very extensive and varied: to the East, the climate is hot and tropical; the Centre occupy the dry plains, while the West is rugged and mountainous. The industrial city of San Luis Potosí is the capital of the State, and it is stable cio the Juárez Government prior to the defeat of Maximilian.
The attractive city centre has many squares and elegant mansions. The most outstanding architectural jewel of the city is the Temple of Carmen, a Churrigueresque Church finished in 1764, with a façade decorated with shells, a dome of colored tiles and a variegated altarpiece in its interior. The adjacent Theatre of peace was built in the 19th century, during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. Opposite, the National Museum of the mask (open from Tuesday to Sunday; admission free) exposes some 1500 masks ceremonial, both pre-Columbian and modern, coming from all Mexico. The Regional Museum of Popular Art (open from Tuesday to Sunday; paid entry) is a regional Craft Museum located in a former Franciscan monastery; on the floor above is the very ornate Chapel of Aranzazú, of the 18th century.

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