Casa Blanca in Leσn, Guanajuato, Mexico — The Central Highlands (North America)
Pedro Moreno
Photographed by Horacio Olmedo Canchola, 2017
1. Pedro Moreno Marker
Al caudillo
Pedro Moreno
y compaρeros
Heroes de la Paria y mαrtires de la libertad
To the military leader
Pedro Moreno
and his companions
Heroes of the Nation and Martyrs to Freedom
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US.
Location. 21° 18.531′ N, 101° 38.47′ W. Memorial is in Casa Blanca, Guanajuato, in Leσn. It is on Unnamed road just south of Guanajuato Route 87, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Casa Blanca GTO 37698, Mexico. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Mexico and in the Bajνo. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, 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 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Our Blessed Mother of Light (approx. 21 kilometers away); Manuel Doblado Theater (approx. 21.1 kilometers away); House of Cecilio Louis Long (approx. 21.1 kilometers away); Royal Houses and Early Municipal Council (approx. 21.2
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Also see . . . Pedro Moreno at Wikipedia. Moreno and Javier Mina held out against the Spanish for two months at the Battle of Fuerte del Sombrero, but finally evacuated the fort on August 15, 1817. Pedro Moreno was killed nearby on October 27 at El Venadito. (Submitted on December 6, 2021.)
2. Pedro Moreno Memorial
This older photo may show the memorial before its reconstruction around 2017.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 292 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
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