Articles for Sonora

Mexico's Best Architects
Luis Barragán was born in 1902 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He was one of the most important architects of the 20th century and the only Mexican to earn the Pritzker Award.

Prehispanic Gods of Mexico
At the center of this great city, the Mexica built a temple with an altar to this god, where they sacrificed prisoners of war in order to feed the sun’s energy.

Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa, an icon of the Mexican Revolution, was born in 1878. Baptized as Doroteo Arango, he suffered a peasant’s life and witnessed how the rich landowners amassed great fortunes by exploiting workers.

Spring Break in Mexico
Spring Break 2009 will be from February 28 to April 5 in the United States. The most popular destinations in Mexico for American tourists

Hydroelectric Centrals in Mexico
Hydroelectric centrals take the energy from the natural water flow on a natural slope called geodesic curve, where an engine transmits

Earthquakes in Mexico, The Worst Earthquakes
The earthquake of Veracruz of 1973, also known as the Orizaba Earthquake, has been the worst earthquake to ever occur in Veracruz.

Vicente Rojo Almazán, Great Artist
This great artist, Catalan by origin and Mexican by adoption, was born in 1932 in Barcelona, Spain; where he studied drawing, ceramics

Álamos Sonora, it's Ancient Splendor
The population of Alamos started to form at the end of the 17th century, after the discovery of important silver mines. It was

The Legacy of Luis Nishizawa
Son of Japanese Kenji Nishizawa and Mexican Maria de Jesus Flores, Luis was born at Hacienda de San Mateo, in the municipality of

The Story of Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington was born in South Lancaster, England. She was the second and only woman of four children. Her father was a textiles