Restoration of pre-Hispanic archaeological sites decreased 66%

Ixtépete

In Jalisco, only three archaeological sites are open to the public: Ixtépete, Guachimontones and El Grillo

I Un1ón Andrés Zúñiga    01/01/2016 

The authorities of the Government of Jalisco have restored only three archaeological sites during the first nine months of 2015,  announced of the Ministry of Culture.

This figure represents only a third of the sites restored in each of the previous five years when  the authorities repaired nine archaeological sites.

Archaeological  centers that were repaired this year are located in the municipalities of Teuchitlá, Jalostotitlán and Etzatlán.

From 2010 to 2014 archaeological sites in Ahualulco Market, El Arenal, Etzatlán, Jalostotiltán, Puerto Vallarta received Teuchitlán budget to be rebuilt.

In Jalisco only three archaeological sites are open to the public, one of them is the Ixtépete located in Zapopan and another Guachimontones which is in the municipality of Teuchitlán.

The third is the archaeological site El Grillo located in Tabachines Fractionation in Zapopan, but this can only be visited with permission of the National Institute of Anthropology and History ( INAH ).

Free trips to the Costalegre to promote tourism

22 / Dec / 2015 Costalegre, Jalisco. (LF)  The Tourism Ministry will implement the program Free Tours, an initiative that seeks to bring the tourist destinations outside the metropolitan area of Guadalajara Jalisco who wish to know the state. Therefore, from this Friday until December 29, 14 routes to 10 different destinations in the State will be made. Among the destinations is the Costalegre.

The Ministry of Tourism regarded as tourist destinations, areas  Costalegre , Ciudad Guzman, Talpa de Allende, among other things. In addition, it is anticipated that this program an economic impact in the places visited is generated and thus to support the tourism service providers and community visited.

SECTURJAL REALIZA RECORRIDOS GRATUITOS A LA COSTALEGRE PARA FOMENTAR EL TURISMO

Guadalajara now has an Ice Rink

First Zapopan , after Tlaquepaque and now the turn of Guadalajara , as the municipality has just opened an ice rink for the enjoyment of Guadalajara.

As part of the activities of the Christmas Festival , the mayor of Guadalajara, Ramiro Hernández García, he was in charge of opening the ice rink located in Liberation Square.

Access to the track will have no cost and is open to the public for 45 days on a schedule from 08:30 to 20:30. With the support of instructors, children, youth and adults can skate in periods of no more than 30 minutes.

The track has 600 pairs of skates and is estimated to be used by more than 250 thousand people.

Guadalajara también patina sobre hielo

Feria Maestros del Arte this weekend

14th Annual
Feria Maestros del Arte

November 13-15, 2015
10 am to 5 pm

LOCATION:
Club de Yates de Chapala 
(Chapala Yacht Club)
Paseo Ramón Corona
Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

This weekend

Website with all the info

34 municipalities of Jalisco in "extraordinary emergency"

02 / November / 2015 (LF) The Interior Ministry said 34 municipalities of Jalisco in "extraordinary emergency", 10 in Colima and twelve in Nayarit, municipalities that were affected by Hurricane Patricia, 23 and 24 October.

The Interior Ministry declared an emergency for Autlan, Ayutla, Cihuatlan, Cuautla, Cuautitlán de García Barragán, lemon, Ejutla, Cranbrook, Juchitlán, La Huerta, San Gabriel, Tenamaxtlán, Toliman, Tomatlan, Tonaya, Tuxcacuesco, Union of Tula, Zapotitlán Vadillo and 16 more municipalities in Jalisco. In Colima emergency it was declared in 10 municipalities and in Nayarit, is emergency in 12 municipalities.

With this declaration, the affected municipalities will receive resources from the Fund for Emergency Response and that immediate help to meet the nutritional needs, shelter and health of the affected population.

Letrafria article about areas effected by Hurricane Patricia  - Spanish