Perote

Map of Perote

Places to visit in Perote

Towns · 1 Villages · 2 Mountains · 1 Landmarks and museums · 1

Towns

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  Perote · Town
  A cold, dry highland town at 2,400 m below the Cofre de Perote, with an 18th-century star fortress and a tradition of Spanish-style cured meats.

Villages

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  La Gloria · Village
  A Perote Valley village at 2,460 m with an old hacienda chapel, named in 2009 as the possible starting point of the H1N1 flu outbreak.
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  Los Pescados · Village
  Village at almost 3,000 m on the north slope of Cofre de Perote, 17 km from Perote, on the road to El Conejo and the summit; cold all year.

Mountains

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  Cofre de Perote · Mountain
  The 4,282 m volcano that looms over Xico, a national park of pine and fir forest with a road almost to the rocky summit.

Landmarks and museums

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  Fortaleza de San Carlos · Landmark
  A huge 18th-century Spanish fortress in Perote, later a military college and prison, now a museum; Guadalupe Victoria died here.

Neighbouring municipalities

Coatepec · 4 Xalapa · 8 Fortín · 5 Actopan · 6 Ixtaczoquitlán · 9

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