It was founded in 1874! This year the Guerrero neighborhood of the CDMX celebrates its 150th anniversary with a series of cultural activities that will take place on 📅 Friday, June 28. There will be a caravan, plaque unveiling, art workshops and much more. The itinerary was as follows:
🎉10:00 to 12:00 – Re-inauguration caravan with tour of the main streets – meeting point: Plaza de Santa Veracruz.
🎉13:00 to 13:20 – unveiling of commemorative plaque – Lerdo street corner with Camelia.
🎉13:30 to 14:30 – civic event – Plaza de Los Angeles.
🎉14:30 to 18:00 – artistic workshops, barter, bodypaint catwalk and musical performances – Plaza de Los Angeles.
It is important to emphasize that this neighborhood located in the center of the city is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most important due to its buildings, museums, markets, canteens y gastronomic offers.
Surely you have heard of the Rivas Mercado House los Pozoles de Moctezuma, the Pulque and Pulquerías Museum the Templo de San Hipólito Mártir or the Garden of San Fernando. These are just some of the emblematic places that this colony concentrates.
History of the Guerrero Colony
According to reports from Casa Rivas Mercado, the Guerrero neighborhood was recognized with this name in 1874. Initially, the neighborhood was named Bellavista and then San Fernando. The land was part of the Mexica neighborhood of Cuepopan.
Between the 1860s and 1890s, Guerrero began to be inhabited mainly by people of limited means. Also by workers and personnel who worked in the railroads of the Buenavista station.
It was not until the Porfiriato that the middle and upper classes and the bourgeoisie acquired land in this area. They built stately homes and mansions that survive to this day.
Now that you know a little more about the beginnings of Guerrero neighborhood, go ahead and celebrate its anniversary.