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6 unusual facts about San Miguel de Allende


Alfeñique

Today, the main production center for alfenique figures are Toluca, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

Bhakti Ziek

In 1971 Ziek went to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to study crafts, and in 1972 moved to Guatemala where she resided until 1976.

La Jerga: Periodismo Gonzo Independiente

La Jerga: Periodismo Gonzo Independiente (Independent Gonzo Journalism) is a free, bilingual (Spanish and English), gonzo newspaper established in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in April 2003, that has been publishing consistently monthly for the past four years.

Mariano Abasolo

In 1810 he went with the independent army to San Miguel el Grande (today's San Miguel de Allende), Celaya, where he was named captain of the Dragones de la Reyna regiment.

Paul A. Merriman

Merriman lives with his wife Suzanne in Bainbridge Island, WA and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Rosalie Gower

She spend long periods in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, becoming involved in charity fundraising and also rediscovering her interest in community theatre.


Araceli Ardón

Araceli Ardon was born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, in 1958, during a local holiday: on January 21, when the birthday of don Ignacio Allende is celebrated.

Eleanor Coen

With a close friend, artist Pablo O'Higgins, Max and Eleanor went to San Miguel de Allende where Max set up a litho studio and taught lithography at the School of Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Eugene Mackaben

Soon afterwards, he went to Mexico where he studied at the Insituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende 1948-49 and, from 1949–1950, at the Insituto Nacional de Belas Artes, Mexico City, where he studied under David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Ruiz.

Margaret Webb Dreyer

She studied fine arts at Westmoreland College in San Antonio, at the University of Texas School of Architecture in Austin, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.


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Alejandro Gómez Monteverde

Monteverde married American actress Ali Landry on April 8, 2006 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Gil Gutierrez

Gutiérrez talent was then discovered by Doc Severinsen who heard him play in a restaurant in San Miguel de Allende.

Hilda Woolnough

Emigrating to Canada in 1957, she settled in Hamilton, Ontario, but then left in 1965 to go to San Miguel de Allende Instituto in Mexico to study experimental etching, graduating in 1967 with a focus on graphics and a Master's of Fine Arts.

Time Loves a Hero

The album cover depicts the Cattolica di Stilo which is a church in Italy, but the background is the town of San Miguel de Allende Mexico and the statue in front of the Cattolica di Stilo is in San Miguel de Allende.