Sights in Durango
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Plaza de Armas
The Plaza de Armas is one of the loveliest in this region, filled with fountains and flowers, and not a modern-looking building in site. The large band shell (the municipal band plays Thursdays at 18:00) has an artesanía shop below the stage. One of the reasons it's so pleasant to while away time in the plaza is the view of the impressive baroque facade of the Catedral Basílica Menor.
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Museo Regional de Durango
The Museo Regional de Durango, in a palatial, French-style, 19th-century mansion, has thorough displays on Durango state history, from early indigenous settlements to the 20th century. It includes special exhibits on Pancho Villa and the impressive array of minerals found in Durango. Most explanations are in English as well as Spanish.
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Museo de Arte Guillermo Ceniceros
The Museo de Arte Guillermo Ceniceros showcases the mysterious landscapes and feminine figures of local artist Ceniceros (born 1939), who was profoundly influenced by his teacher, the formidable muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros. Temporary exhibitions feature international artists.
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Museo de Arqueología de Durango Ganot-Peschard
The Museo de Arqueología de Durango Ganot-Peschard is an innovative visual feast presenting the archaeological record of the region’s indigenous cultures, including skulls intentionally deformed through head binding. All descriptions are in Spanish.
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Museo de las Culturas Populares
The Museo de las Culturas Populares displays craftwork of Durango state’s indigenous Tepehuanes and Huicholes and other artisans. The beautiful masks made by Roberto Macías, Trino Nunez and Thor Reveles Grande alone make it well worth visiting.
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Catedral del Basílica Menor
The Plaza de Armas is dominated by the handsome baroque facade of the Catedral del Basílica Menor, constructed between 1695 and 1787. The cathedral’s vast, Byzantine interior has fine sculptures, organs and ceiling paintings.
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Teatro Ricardo Castro
The neoclassical Teatro Ricardo Castro features a large wooden bas-relief of Durango’s founding in its lobby (to enter, go through the door on Martínez and ask in the office).
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Palacio de Gobierno
The late-baroque Palacio de Gobierno was originally built for a Spanish mine-owner in the 1790s and is now featuring wonderful murals on Mexican history themes.
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Instituto de Cultura
The Instituto de Cultura, due to reopen in 2010 after remodeling, contains museums on cinema, archaeology and the Mexican Revolution, and the state art gallery.
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Museo de Cine
The Museo de Cine offers a pretty low-budget display, but if you can't make it out to the actual film sets, this little museum will have to suffice.
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Durango State Museum
A new Durango State Museum, due to open in 2010 in the 19th-century Palacio Escárzaga, is likely to be the best museum in the city.
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ángel Zárraga
Most of the space at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ángel Zárraga is given over to temporary exhibitions of young local artists.
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Parque Guadiana
For some greenery and a ton of fun for the little tykes, go to the extensive Parque Guadiana just west of the center.
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