Guanajuato Mexico

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Tunnels in Guanajuato

The famous Underground Street, formally known as Miguel Hidalgo Street, was inugurated on the late 1950s. It follows the bed of the old Guanajuato river, that used to run in the middle of the city. The Underground Street was built with three objectives in mind: Create a new causeway to desentangle the traffic on downtown Guanajuato, sanitice the city covering the old sewer river that used to run on the surface, and give Guanajuato a very unusual street that could be considered one of its most interesting attractions. In 1976 the last drainage tunnel was finished, and ever since Guanajuato has been free of the constant floods that used to cover it.

The Mummies of Guanajuato

The Mummies of Guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies buried during a cholera outbreak around Guanajuato, Mexico in 1833. Due to the ferocity of the epidemic, more cemeteries had to be opened in San Cayetano as well as Cañada de Marfil. Many of the bodies were buried immediately to control the spread of the disease; in some cases, the dying were buried alive by accident. As a result, some of the mummies have horrific expressions attesting to their death in the tombs.
The first mummy was dug up in 1965. It was the body of Dr. Remigio Leroy, and is on display at the Guanajuato Mummy Museum. This museum, is located above the spot where the mummies were first discovered. Numerous mummies can be seen throughout the exhibition, and they vary in sizes. This museum is known to have the smallest mummy in the world. Some of the mummies can be seen wearing parts of their clothing from when they were buried. The mummies were dug up when the family members stopped paying cemetery dues.

In the late 1800s the town instituted a "burial tax" for the families of the deceased. When some of the poorest families were unable to pay the tax, their relatives were dug up and placed on public view in a purpose-built museum. The 'Guanajuato Mummy Museum' still adds corpses to this day; two children were added who died in 1984 most recently due to their relatives' failure to pay the $ 20 per 5 year rental fee. The museum holds 111 corpses resting on velvet pillows. Today, it is reported that the proceeds from the museum help fund the city's coffers to a considerable degree.

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