Square, Plaza sights in Guadalajara
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Plaza de los Mariachis
Tucked behind the Templo Santa Eduviges near the intersection of Av Juarez and Calz Insurgentes, just south of Mercado San Juan de Dios, is the birthplace of mariachi music. By day it's just a narrow walking street, flanked by charming old buildings and dotted with a few plastic tables and chairs and the odd uniformed mariachi man chatting on a cell phone. At night it can get lively, when patrons swill beer and listen to bands play requests for about around $100 per song.
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Plaza Tapatía
The fabulously wide pedestrian Plaza Tapatía sprawls for more than 500m east from Teatro Degollado. Stroll the plaza on Sundays and you will flow in a sea of locals who shop at low-end crafts markets, snack (from both street vendors and cafés), watch street performers and rest on the short walls of gurgling fountains. The plaza dead-ends beautifully at the Instituto Cultural de Cabañas.
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Plaza Guadalajara
Plaza Guadalajara is shaded by dozens of laurel trees, has great cathedral views, a few fine cafés and fun people-watching. On its north side is the Palacio Municipal (City Hall), which was built between 1949 and 1952 but looks ancient. Above its interior stairway is a dark mural by Gabriel Flores depicting the founding of Guadalajara.
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Plaza de la Liberación
East of the cathedral, the Plaza de la Liberación was a 1980s urban planner's dream project and two whole blocks of colonial buildings were eviscerated for his concrete slab. But it does gush with fountains and overflow with herds of students, solitary suits on mobiles and love-drunk couples kissing in the sun.
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Plaza de Armas
The Plaza de Armas, on the south side of the cathedral, is a sweet place to rest and absorb the surrounding history. Frequent free concerts take place on the attractive art nouveau bandstand.
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