Guanajuato - Jardín Reforma
This garden features remains of the Reforma Market. There are mansions surrounding the park from as early as the 16th c.
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Diego Rivera Museum
In Calle de los Pocitos, at the corner of Calle Mollas, lies the birthplace of the famous mural painter Diego Rivera (1886-1957), now a museum devoted to the artist and his work.
Plaza San Roque
To the south-west ofthe Diego Rivera Museum in the Plaza San Roque will be found the Baroque church of the same name. This square forms a picturesque setting for performances - given annually by the University, primarily during the Cervantes Festival in October - of the "Entremeses Cervantinos" ("Cervantine Interludes"), one-act plays by the great Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), famous Spanish author of "Don Quixote". At the end of 1987 the Spanish prime minister Felipe González opened the Don Quijote Museum.
Templo de Belén
Opposite the market a street leads to the Templo de Belén (Bethlehem), a church begun in 1773, with a Churrigueresque façade.
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