Bufa Hill

Bufa Hill rises east of Zacatecas’s historic center and has long stood as one of the city’s defining landmarks, overlooking the mining settlement from 2,610 meters above sea level. Its name is commonly linked to Juan de Tolosa, one of Zacatecas’s four founding figures, who is said to have named it for its shape. Before the colonial city took form, the hill belonged to the homeland of Aridoamerican peoples including the Caxcanes, Guachichiles, and Zacatecas. Closely identified with the city, it entered Zacatecas’s coat of arms in 1588, figured in the independence era, and is especially associated with the Battle of Zacatecas.

Zacatecas · Mexico