Jalisco

Jalisco is a state located in west Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is Guadalajara. It is next to the Pacific Ocean and the states of Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, and Michoacán. It also has half of the Chapala Lake.

Jalisco Media

• Himno del estado de Jalisco

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  Jaliscan ceramic warrior, c. 100 BCE to 150 CE.

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  Depiction of the conquest of Jalisco by Spaniard Cristóbal de Olid and his Tlaxcalan allies, as depicted in the Lienzo de Tlaxcala of 1522.

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  Statue of Beatriz Hernández, a Spanish settler who helped establish the city of Guadalajara in 1542.

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  Nuño de Guzmán led a brutal conquest of indigenous kingdoms through much of western Mexico, including Jalisco, resulting in his arrest by Juan de Zumárraga for his abuse and torture of innocent natives.

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  The Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, an important pilgrimage site in Jalisco, began construction in 1689.

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  The aqueduct of Santa María de los Ángeles began construction in 1787.

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  The Marquis of Concordia ruled as one of the last Indendants of Guadalajara under Spanish rule.

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  Memorial to Miguel Hidalgo and the Grito de Dolores, at the Plaza de la Liberación in Guadalajara.

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  The Monument to Mexican Independence in Guadalajara.