Templo San Francisco

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The simple, white Templo de San Francisco, at the foot of Plaza Zaragoza, which once served as a cemetery, is the city’s oldest church. Built between 1721 and 1741, it's home to a memorial to Miguel Hidalgo, who was originally buried here in 1811 but exhumed in 1823 and buried in Mexico City.

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