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The Valle de Guadalupe (Guadalupe Valley) is an agricultural region in the Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico that produces an estimated 70 percent of Mexican wine. [2] In recent years, it has become a popular tourist destination for wine and Baja Med cuisine .
The Valle de Guadalupe was originally occupied by the Kumeyaay people, many of whom still live on rancherias there today. [3] The hot springs are named for the group of Russians who settled in the Guadalupe Valley. These religious people of the Prygun faith (spirit jumpers), separated from the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Prudenciana Vallejo López de Moreno (1832–1920) was a Californio and the matriarch of a family who owned Rancho ex-Misíon de Guadalupe in the Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. She was the wife of José Matías Moreno , secretary of state under Pío Pico , the last Mexican governor of California.
San Juan de los Lagos is the second most visited pilgrimage shrine in Mexico, after the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City . The numerous shrines are important tourist attractions for the state of Jalisco: Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos, in San Juan de los Lagos. Our Lady of the Assumption, in Jalostotitlán.
Villa Hidalgo (formerly, Paso de Sotos) is a municipality in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. Villa Hidalgo gets its name in honor of Mexican hero Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. There is an annual celebration in Villa Hidalgo on the last Sunday in January including the week leading to it. It is in celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe. [citation ...
Monte Xanic is located in the Valle de Guadalupe, which has a spotty history related to wine making. Grapes and wine making were introduced here by the Jesuits to make sacramental wine, but in 1595, Spanish authorities forbade the planting of grapes and ordered the destruction of vineyards to protect Spanish winemaking.
The Valle de Calafia is in the northeast and the Valle de las Palmas at the north. Other wine-producing valleys include the Santo Tomás Valley, with an altitude of 750 feet above sea level, the San Vicente Valley at 350 feet, both south of Ensenada. [3] Ojos Negros is cooler and wetter than Valle de Guadalupe.
Mission Guadalupe del Norte (Spanish: Misión Guadalupe del Norte), also known as Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Norte, is a Spanish mission located in Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California. It was founded by the Dominican missionary Félix Caballero in June 1834 [1] in an area long inhabited by the Kumeyaay people.