Ruta Misiones de la Sierra Gorda Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Ruta Misiones de la Sierra Gorda
The Sierra Gorda mountains of easternQueretarois a dense, rugged region full of high mountain peaks, deep valleys, cliffs, rushing rivers, canyons, and forests. Parts of the range were traditionally inhabited by theHuastecindigenous culture, as well asChichimec,Otomiand others. As other regions of Mexico gave way tocolonial expansionfrom the early 16th century through the early 19th century, the Sierra Gorda remained a difficult area for the Spanish to tame. The challenging terrain was certainly an obstacle to many Spanish expeditions, and the resistance to Spanish colonization on the part of native populations. (Today, the area remains lightly inhabited and can be challenging to traverse.) In the 18th century, Franciscan priest Junipero Serro led missions into the inhospitable region, det
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