Heads

Jun 7

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Alhondiga de Ganaditas, a former granary (now a museum) in Guanajuato, México, where the heads of four insurrectionists, including that of Padre Miguel Hidalgo, were displayed for 10 years by the Spanish authorities as a warning to their Mexican subjects
 


Four heads hung here 10 years.

 
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Posted on June 7, 2014, in 5-7-5, Alhondiga de Ganaditas, Guanajuato, Mexico, Miguel Hidalgo, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Six-Word Saturday and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. 25 Comments.

  1. Judy | June 7, 2014 at 5:00 am

    Very interesting!

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  2. Ron. | June 7, 2014 at 6:15 am

    Humans can be so barbaric. We should all hang our heads.

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  3. Jim | June 7, 2014 at 6:30 am

    Gargoyle collectors, I’ll bet.
    We finally are home, was gone cruising and U.K. visiting. From April 15 and home May 31. That included two nights in Key West.

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  4. http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com | June 7, 2014 at 8:02 am

    Wow! I’m glad I didn’t see them.

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    • magicalmysticalteacher | June 7, 2014 at 8:44 am

      I’m sure it was a grisly sight!

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  5. Kelly | June 7, 2014 at 9:15 am

    Definitely a severe and somber warning!

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  6. Tonya Jastad | June 7, 2014 at 9:21 am

    That is a warning I would have heeded!

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  7. Karen S. | June 7, 2014 at 10:20 am

    Oh my goodness. Take this warning, indeed.

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  8. Mlissabeth | June 7, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Nothing like Mt. Rushmore,eh? 😉

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  9. Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio | June 7, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    How human beings can do this to one another is mind boggling. As Elizabeth Kubler-Ross says, there’s a Hitler within all of us and a Mother Teresa in all of us. We choose.

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  10. BLOGitse | June 7, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    Oh boy…and what is happening right now in Ukraine, Syria etc. so, so sad…and thousands of immigrants are sailing and rescued by Red Cross etc. near an island in Italy….this weekend only about 2.500 people, kids too…

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  11. Sallie (FullTime-Life) | June 7, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    Oh gosh what a sad piece of history. Important to remember it all though.

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  12. Romi | June 7, 2014 at 3:17 pm

    The building is magnificent, but its history is scary.

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  13. Ralph | June 7, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    The shade and shadows are quite ominous – a stout building that holds an even darker past. A place where the mere hope for freedom was quashed…with a warning to all. Sad – freedom is truly not free at all…

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  14. Greensboro Daily Photo | June 7, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    So glad you are still at this venture. You add so much to the blogosphere! Are you done teaching for the summer? We finish this week and WE ARE READY!

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  15. onestillframe | June 8, 2014 at 8:21 am

    I like Paula’s thought…I take comfort in knowing that we can choose. the four heads, I’m sure, made many people make the right choices.

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  16. Kathe W. | June 8, 2014 at 9:23 am

    we love Guanajuato! Thanks for the history lesson and stallar shot! y

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  18. Colleen | June 8, 2014 at 6:33 pm

    I think I see a face in the shadow!

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  19. Gemma Wiseman | June 8, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    A gruesome history, but yet the building facade staunchly offers a grand sense of beauty.

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  20. readinpleasure | June 9, 2014 at 11:06 am

    10 years! A dastard act!

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    • magicalmysticalteacher | June 9, 2014 at 7:54 pm

      It was a bit excessive, wasn’t it?

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