Guanajuato - Cerro del Cubilete

16km/10mi beyond Marfil on the road to Silao a side road branches off on the right and in 14km/8.7mi reaches the Cerro del Cubilete (2700 m (8860 ft)), on which stands a conspicuous statue of Christ the King (El Cristo Rey), almost 23 m (75 ft) high. Sculpted by Fidias Elzondo and Carlos Olvera between 1922 and 1929, the statue is much visited by pilgrims and day-trippers and affords a superb panoramic view of the Baijo and the forest-covered hills of Tarascan territory. The Cerro del Cubilete is regarded as the geographical centre of Mexico.