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    Altar de muertos en Plaza Juárez en Pachuca, México 01, Hidalgo

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    Plaza Juárez

    Landmark Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo Municipality of Pachuca de Soto Hidalgo Mountain Corridor Comarca Minera Geopark

    A square in central Pachuca on the site of the old Hidalgo railway station, with the Government Palace, theatres and record-setting Day of the Dead altars.

    From Tulancingo: 50 min by car (48 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Plaza Juárez

    • From Tulancingo: about 50 min by road (~48 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 1 h 6 min by car to Real del Monte
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    About Plaza Juárez

    Plaza Juárez stands on the land where Gabriel Mancera built, from 1881, the terminal of the Hidalgo y del Nordeste railway. Until about 1953 it sent off "El rápido de las Siete", which made Pachuca to Mexico City in a little over an hour. The station and the stables of the Real del Monte y Pachuca company were pulled down in 1956 and 1957, and on 21 March 1957 Governor Quintín Rueda Villagrán opened the square with two works: the monument to Benito Juárez and the Teatro Hidalgo Bartolomé de Medina.

    The monument, by Carlos Obregón Santacilia with a sculpture by Juan Leonardo Cordero, has a pedestal carved with an open book marked 1857-1957 and the line "El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz". The theatre is neoclassical, with round arches on its quarry-stone front and room for about 450 people. Around them stand the Government Palace, four storeys with marble walls and granite floors (opened on 15 September 1970), the Guillermo Romo de Vivar theatre with its Leo Acosta gallery, and the small Jardín de los Hombres Ilustres.

    The square is where the governor gives the Grito de Independencia and where the city's Christmas tree goes up. In 2017 a 790 m² Day of the Dead altar was built here, and the 2019 one, at 1,044.3 m², again won a Guinness record. A remodel between June and September 2024 renewed the esplanade with about 8,000 m² of stamped concrete, irrigation and ramps, and it reopened on 15 September that year.

    How to get to Plaza Juárez

    Drive from Tulancingo: 50 min, 48 km

    The square is in Pachuca's Centro Histórico, between Belisario Domínguez and Gómez Pérez streets and Avenida Juárez and Avenida Revolución. If you are already downtown, you can walk.

    To reach Pachuca from Mexico City, ADO and Futura buses run from the Terminal Norte every 20 minutes or so, about 1 h 45 min according to Rome2rio; Autobuses Conexión also covers the leg.

    Route 1 of the tourist tram, which leaves from Plaza Independencia, passes Plaza Juárez and the Teatro Bartolomé de Medina; in April 2025 it cost 100 pesos a person, on tours of about 90 minutes. Plaza Independencia, home of the Reloj Monumental, is the starting point and lies in the same historic centre.

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    The governor gives the Grito de Independencia here; the city's Christmas tree goes up in the square, and giant Day of the Dead altars were built here in 2017 and 2019. Wikipedia (es) · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Plaza Juárez: what to see and do

    The Benito Juárez monument, with its open-book pedestal
    The neoclassical Teatro Hidalgo Bartolomé de Medina, from 1957
    The state Government Palace, in marble and granite
    The Teatro Guillermo Romo de Vivar and Galería Leo Acosta
    The Jardín de los Hombres Ilustres
    The giant Day of the Dead altars of 2017 and 2019, the latter a Guinness record

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    When to go to Plaza Juárez cool

    Plaza Juárez shares the climate of Real del Monte, 7 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and May.

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