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Saturday, November 22, 2014

JEREZ MAGIC TOWN

November 22, 2014
JEREZ MAGIC TOWN
This peaceful town where the provincial atmosphere is savored, is known as the birthplace of the poet Ramón López Velarde, and became the first "Magic Town" of Zacatecas. With this status, since 2007 Jerez is promoted as a national and international tourist destination.

It is said that the name comes from Jerez an Arabic word meaning "place where pastures abound," and that its founders were Extremadura Andalusia, but the truth is that his historical documentation review that his foundation is held in the second half the sixteenth century.

Its location in a fertile agricultural valley is framed by the natural beauty of the Sierra de Thistles, and has interesting attractions, it is possible to visit them feel and sense the air of Mexican province.

Among the sites to be visited in Jerez is the Kiosk of the main square, the