ÁLAMOS

INRODUCTION Alamos is a city of the Mexican state of Sonora, head of the municipality of the same name. It is

located in the southeastern part of the State of Sonora.

with an area of 6947.47 square

kilometers occupied by surface sixth in the

state.

Álamos Sonora

The city itself is a monument to be traveled in every corner, and that

its streets is enclosed pieces of history on a

particular style. Framed in a colonial

atmosphere, with century-old

buildings and narrow cobbled

alleys, Álamos offers tourists a pleasant

stay with many attractions to visit

and enjoy.

ÁLAMOS INFORMATION

TRADITIONS To keep alive their history and

traditions are performed each year many special events like the festival

held in honor of Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado. Celebrations of the Virgin of La

balvanera. and the festivity of the Immaculate

Conception.

ALFONZO ORTIZ PARTY THROWN

It is held since 1984 in honor of Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, distinguished

Sonora, originally from Poplar, doctor, singer, philanthropist and humanitarian.

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LA BALVANERA

The feast of the Virgin of La balvanera are

performed between 20 and 25 November of each year and are a tradition

for visitors and residents, this is carried out in a place called the office where all the visitors

come to have fun and lay hold candles to the Virgin

of balvanera.

HISTORY Alamos was founded in

the late seventeenth century after the

discovery of silver mines in the region, was one of

the first Spanish settlements in what is

now the state of Sonora and became the main

settlement in the region, the name it was known in its early years was Real de Los Frailes or

Real de la Limpia Concepción de los

Alamos.

PLACES OF INTEREST

In the late seventeenth century, when he founded the Real of Los Alamos or

the Friars, as it is also known, a church was built

with thick adobe walls plastered in white, Amapá beamed ceiling, enough

to meet the requirements of the town at the time

and until now was kept so that people can visit.

CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

THE VIEWPOINT

The tower was built on a poplar top so that you can see the beautiful city

by the other people, this has a wonderful landscape and is the ideal

place for visitors as they can see how big it is poplar.

SQUARE OF ARMS The Square of

arms with majestic arches, narrow

cobblestone streets, wrought-

iron balconies, porches, patios

and backyards of the old houses, with fantastic

gardens, where everything seems suspended in time past, for the rest

of its current residents.

MANNERS MUSEUM is in a building dating from the eighteenth century, and exhibits a variety of common

objects, photographs, documents and machinery. This site is unique in the state to host a rich cultural heritage that is certainly

a historical walk, economic, social and cultural development of the region. Here we

offer art workshops and tours

ALLEY KISSIt is said that once

live two youths who were deeply in love, but the pope of the girl did not

allow her to be with him, so had decided

to send her to a convent, the house

of the two was divided by an alley

and balcony by which looked every

day why he was called alley of the

kiss.

GASTRONOMY

• Cortes American-style beef.• Machaca.• The hash.• corn tamales.• Flour tortillas.• Incredible.

Alamos there are many meals buenisimas some

are

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES In poplar the main

economic activities are mining to which

most people are engaged and thanks to

this the city now known as poplar farm,

agriculture is more common in the

surrounding villages, livestock has to see

whith cattle ranchers dedicated to livestock.

MARÍA FÉLIX also in Alamos, Sonora

lived out actress Maria Felix, Maria de Los

Angeles Felix Guerena, better known as María

Félix was the most prominent Mexican

actress, known worldwide for its

dazzling beauty, great intelligence and strong

character.