Puruándiro
The city of Puruándiro is in the north of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
It is located at 20°5′17″N 101°30′56″W / 20.08806°N 101.51556°W. The population is 70,571. It was founded by Juan de Villaseñor y Orozco in 1522.
The wooded main garden has a kiosk that indicates that it was founded in 1565, but no records to corroborate that.
It is believed that Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla spent a night in Puruándiro during his revolutionary movement and that in 1965 President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz paid a visit to commemorate its founding. But again, there is a lack of information to support these facts.
Near the church and the center portals are the "Lázaro Cárdenas" and the "Morelos" garden. The latter holds a bust dedicated to José María Morelos, an insurgent soldier in the Mexican war of independence. In addition to a second effigy commemorating Benito Juárez, former president of the nation.
The "Los Arcos" thermal waters spa is one of the most notable tourist attractions in town.