Cocomacán

Cocomacán, meaning “Place where turtle doves are hunted,” was a small indigenous village where the Congregation of Our Lady of Sorrows was founded in 1643. That congregation was elevated to town status in 1780, became a villa in 1824 under the name Villa de Dolores Hidalgo, and was raised to the category of city in 1863. In 1810, Mexican independence was first proclaimed there, and that act made the old Cocomacán, today Dolores Hidalgo, the birthplace of national independence.

Guanajuato · Mexico