El Centro Parte Dos: El Palacio Gobiernal de Jalisco

As mentioned in the "El Centro Parte Uno," one of the interesting places we visited was the governmental palace of the state of Jalisco. This building houses the state congressional sessions, as well as large works of art, important historical documents, and really funny looking employees who learn a few English phrases like, "can't you read?! no flash!"

Here is one of the said large works of art, a giant mural of Miguel Hidalgo, the acknowledged liberator of Mexico from the hold of Spain. There was much more to this mural than we could understand: tons of swasticas and flames and people in various significant uniforms. We asked the wierd looking guy who yelled at Korey for not turning off her flash, and he said, "it's a long history." So apparently, he doesn't know. Here also is another mural, this one in the hall of congress, of Miguel Hidalgo. He always is depicted looking very sad, with lots of blood and guts around him. I suppose revolutions, while necessary, are not happy times to live in.

There was one room entirely dedicated to acknowledging the past governors of the state of Jalisco with 2'x3' portraits. The three of us were very surprised to see that both Professor Youngstedt and Bill Clinton served as governors of Jalisco, as one can plainly see here.

Also for your enjoyment, here are some additional pictures of very old and important buildings that we didn't go into. After the fourth building or so we decided that they all were mas o menos (more or less) the same thing. It didn't make them any less spectactular from the outside, but in the interest of time, we decided to forego attempting to enter every one.