The bell of the House of Allende that was used for the Grito de Indepedencia, was replaced by a new one.
It is a 50 kilogram bell named ‘Insurgencia 1810’. It was made in the workshop La Sagrada Familia in the state of Hidalgo and is the one that the San Miguel de Allende mayor rang according to the tradition during the ceremony of the Grito de Independencia, on Saturday, September 15.
For the 208th Anniversary of the call made by the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla with Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama, the municipal administration decided to place the bell in the Casa de Allende, where every year, the Grito de Independencia takes place.
‘Insurgencia 1810’ is emptied in tin, iron and bronze, measures 50 centimeters in diameter and 90 centimeters high, elaborated by Agustín Crezcas, from the La Sagrada Familia workshop, located in Tizapán, in the Zacualtipán de Ángeles Municipality, of the State of Hidalgo . (Photo: periodicocorreo.com.mx)
According to the municipal government, the new bell had a cost of $20,000 pesos (approx 1,000 USD), and was placed in a new location, since in previous years it was done with a mechanism attached to the bell tower of the San Miguel Arcángel parish.
‘Insurgencia 1810’ is emptied in tin, iron and bronze, measures 50 centimeters in diameter and 90 centimeters high, elaborated by Agustín Crezcas, from La Sagrada Familia workshop, located in Tizapán, Zacualtipán de Ángeles Municipality, in the State of Hidalgo .
Source: periodicocorreo.com.mx