Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
northernmost of Mexico City‘s four "royal roads"
About Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was a critical trade route that was actively used for 300 years, from the mid-16th to the 19th centuries. Missionaries followed the road north, building churches, convents, monasteries, and chapels along the way. Mule trains follwed the road as well. Cargoes of mercury imported from Europe would go north, and cargoes of silver from the mines of Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and San Luis Potosí, would go south for eventual shipment back to Spain. The UNESCO citation also acknowledges that the route fostered the "creation of social, cultural, and religious links in particular between Spanish and Amerindian cultures."
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Travel Guide Sections
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