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Hidalgo station

Metrobús · 3 4N 4N 7 Line 3, Line 4N Aeropuerto, Line 4N Alameda Oriente and Line 7

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The station icon represents the silhouette of Miguel Hidalgo. The station takes its name from the nearby transfer station with Lines 2 and 3 of the STC Metro. Miguel Hidalgo was born on 8 May 1753 at the San Vicente ranch, part of the San Diego Corralejo hacienda, in Pénjamo, Guanajuato. He was the son of Don Cristóbal Hidalgo y Costilla, administrator of the hacienda, and Doña Ana María Gallaga Mandarte. He had a quiet, happy childhood; when he grew up he went to Valladolid together with his brothers to study, choosing an ecclesiastical career. He entered the Colegio de San Nicolás, where he excelled and was soon asked to teach some courses, later becoming the college's Rector.

He fought hard for his people and is considered a forerunner of what is now called "social work". He held several parishes, such as Colima and San Felipe, until, on the death of his brother Joaquín, he took his place as parish priest of Dolores in 1802. In 1808 he met Ignacio Allende and took part in the meetings of those discontented with the situation in New Spain; once these conspiracies took shape, the date of the armed uprising had to be brought forward, as the Querétaro junta led by Miguel Domínguez had been discovered.

On 16 September 1810 he gave the famous "Grito" and the struggle for independence began. They headed for San Miguel, where the Queen's Regiment joined them; on the 21st he reached Celaya and was named captain general; on the 28th he occupied Guanajuato with an army already 50,000 strong; on 17 October he entered Valladolid, and at Acámbaro he was named generalissimo; on the 28th he was in Toluca, and two days later at Monte de las Cruces, where he defeated the Spanish forces. Already very close to Mexico City, and against Allende's advice, he decided not to take the capital and to withdraw. They then suffered a heavy defeat at Aculco on 7 November, after which Allende decided to return to Guanajuato, while Hidalgo marched to Valladolid and then to Guadalajara on 26 November, where he organised the first independent government. On 6 December 1810 he issued the decree ordering the abolition of slavery, repealed the tributes paid by the castes and the levies on indigenous people, and ordered the publication of El Despertador Americano, the first insurgent newspaper.

Once the royalists had taken Guanajuato, Allende fled to Guadalajara to join Hidalgo; the insurgent army was defeated on 17 January at Puente de Calderón. Hidalgo headed for Zacatecas, and on 25 January he was stripped of military command. After severe defeats, and while on their way to the United States to raise funds, they were betrayed by Ignacio Elizondo. Hidalgo was taken prisoner at Norias de Acatita de Baján on 21 March 1811 and taken to Chihuahua. He was tried, stripped of his priestly office and shot on the 30th

What's near Hidalgo

  • Teatro Metropólitan