Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, Mexico — The Pacific Coast (and Central Highlands)

General Ignacio López Rayón

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, May 16, 2021

1. General Ignacio López Rayón Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Homenaje del Gobierno Federal al
Lic. y Gral. Don Ignacio Lopez Rayon
en el bicentenario de su natalicio 1773-1832
Nacio en este pueblo minero
Insigne héroe de la Guerra de Independencia y Primer Constitucionalista Mexicano
Tlapujahua de Rayon, Mich. 31 de julio de 1980

English translation
The Federal Government grants a tribute to the
General Ignacio López Rayón
On the bicentenary of his birth - 1773-1832
Born in this mining town
Distinguished Hero of the War of Independence and First Mexican Constitutionalist
Tlapujahua de Rayón, Michoacán - July 31, 1980

Erected 1980.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical year for this entry is 1773.

Location. 19° 48.361′ N, 100° 10.129′ W. Memorial is in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán. It is at the intersection of Carretera Maravatío-Atlacomulco and Trigueros, on the right when traveling west on Carretera Maravatío-Atlacomulco. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Tlalpujahua MIC 61060, Mexico. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Mexico, in the Bajío,

and on the

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Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

specifically in Mesoamerica,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

and in the Western Hemisphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

a Spanish colony,

and the Aztec Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Manuel Martínez de Navarrete (approx. half a kilometer away); General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (approx. half a kilometer away); Felipe Neri Vallez (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Velia Marmolejo Fat (approx. 3.6 kilometers away in Estado de Mexico); Tiro Norte (approx. 3.6 kilometers away in Estado de Mexico); María Luisa Ocampo Heredia (approx. 3.6 kilometers away in Estado de Mexico); Authorization of the Railroad in El Oro (approx. 3.8 kilometers away in Estado de Mexico); Commercial Activity in El Oro (approx. 3.8 kilometers away in Estado de Mexico). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tlalpujahua.

Also see . . . Ignacio López Rayón. López Rayón is one of the very few major Mexican Independence figures to have lived through the entire war from

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, May 16, 2021

2. General Ignacio López Rayón Marker

1810-1821. (Submitted on May 25, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.)

General Ignacio López Rayón Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, May 16, 2021

3. General Ignacio López Rayón Statue

Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 505 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 25, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.