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Reccopolis (Spanish: Recópolis; Latin: Reccopolis), is an archaeological site located near Zorita de los Canes, a small village in the province of Guadalajara, Spain.It represents one of the Visigoth cities founded in Iberia during the post-Roman period.
Electronic Arts published the video game The Seven Cities of Gold in 1984. The video game Uncharted: Golden Abyss uses Quivira (one of the Seven Cities of Gold) as a final destination for the quest. The game also gives an explanation why Marcos de Niza lied about the location of the cities even though he really did find them.
Guadalajara (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d əl ə ˈ h ɑːr ə / GWAH-də-lə-HAR-ə; [5] Spanish: [ɡwaðalaˈxaɾa] ⓘ) is a city in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco.According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 8th most populous city in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, [6] [7] making ...
In 2023, mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product, and 8.2% of Mexico's industrial GDP.The mining sector employed 350,000 people in 2020, and generated US$1.5 billion in direct government tax revenue, and an additional US$1.84 billion of government revenue from exports of mined natural resources.
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In 1987, the Expo Guadalajara Convention Centre was created and has since been recognized as the most important centre of its kind the country. [citation needed] Guadalajara has more than 25,000 lodging rooms. The city is the national leader in investment of shopping malls. Many shopping centres have been built, such as Plaza Galerias, one of ...
In the colonial period, Guadalajara grew as the center of an agricultural and cattle producing area. [16] Guadalajara grew from about 6,000 people in 1713 to 20,000 in mid century to 35,000 at the beginning of the 19th century. [25] The region's ceramic tradition began in the early colonial period, with native traditions superimposed by ...
On September 29, 1911, José de Jesús Ortiz y Rodríguez, who was the Archbishop of Guadalajara at the time signed a legal document approving as a true and given fact the appearance of Jesus Christ. Which became known as the “Miracle of Ocotlan”, festivities then began in 1912 in honor of El Señor de la Misericordia (Lord of Mercy).