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This attracted foreign art students, especially former U.S. This gave the town a reputation, attracting artists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros, who taught painting. Gradually, its Baroque/ Neoclassical colonial structures were 'discovered' by foreign artists who moved in and began art and cultural institutes such as the Instituto Allende and the Escuela de Bellas Artes. Today, an old section of the town is part of a proclaimed World Heritage Site, attracting thousands of tourists and new residents from abroad every year.Īt the beginning of the 20th century, the town was in danger of becoming a ghost town after an influenza pandemic. San Miguel de Allende was also a critical epicenter during the historic Chichimeca War (1540–1590) where the Chichimeca Confederation defeated the Spanish Empire in the initial colonization war.

The city's name derives from two persons: 16th-century friar Juan de San Miguel, and a martyr of Mexican Independence, Ignacio Allende, who was born in a house facing the city's central plaza. A part of the Bajío region, the city lies 274 km (170 mi) from Mexico City, 86 km (53 mi) from Querétaro, and 97 km (60 mi) from the state capital of Guanajuato.

San Miguel de Allende ( Spanish pronunciation: ) is the principal city in the municipality of San Miguel de Allende, located in the far eastern part of Guanajuato, Mexico. Protective town of San Miguel de Allende and Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco

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