Virgen del Carmen walks the streets of downtown Hermosillo

In the midst of a festive and rainy atmosphere, the Virgen del Carmen walked aboard. a unit of the fire department in downtown Hermosillo.

July 16 is the only period of time. year when the figure of Our Lady of Carmen walks the streets with the help of Hermosillo firefighters, since that is his boss

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Roberto Villa Alcalá, coordinator of the festivities of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, says that for about 80 consecutive years this event is held in honor of the patron saint.

"It is one of the oldest churches (of Hermosillo) because it was not an official church, but a sanctuary here. a family that later makes it a chapel. "

The festivities of the patron saint began last Sunday and concluded yesterday, after celebrating the traditional kermes with Mexican food, music and masses, in honor of the Virgen del Carmen.

The Chapel of Our Lady of Carmen is one of the oldest temples of the capital of Sonora, projected since 1936 by the Íñigo family and completed in 1941.

Villa Alcalá reports that Pascual Íñigo has made the decision to build a chapel for his wife Trinidad Húguez de Anza in the backyard of his hacienda, and the idea was approved by the bishop of the time, Juan Ignacio Quiroz, who conditioned the wedding to make the temple public. [19659002 Since then, parishioners have been able to venerate the Virgen del Carmen, and despite the fact that the property has undergone some changes over the years, nor the increase of the river recorded in 1929 prevented the Hermosillenses nowadays Enjoy of the beauty of this architectural monument.