Somoto, Madriz
Somoto on the map of Nicaragua
Somoto is a city in the north of Nicaragua, the administrative seat of the homonymous Municipalities and capital of the department Madriz.
The city is connected via the Panamericana CA1 with the 216 km distant Managua.
The name in Nahuatl, " Tecpecxomotli " means "mountain of the geese ." In colonial times, the Cabildo was in the Cédulas Reales called Santiago de los Caballeros de Somoto Grande.
It is a market town in the highlands with a pleasant climate. In Somoto the brothers Luis Enrique Mejía López and Carlos Mejía Godoy, the city editor of La Prensa for Madriz, Marlon Caldera Balladárez and the football club Real Madriz are born.
Iglesia Santiago
The Iglesia Santiago was built of mud bricks and broken stones. It houses among others a statue of Señor de los Milagros, a picture of the Heart of Jesus and a baptismal font from 1652 - as well as a black Christ on the cross. The present building was started on September 9, 1661 by the carpenters Ángel Aguilar and Juan Vásquez. Mayor was then Guadalupe Rin.
" At the place a three-nave church whose roof tile cover rests on 14 wooden columns, a unadorned altar and a bell tower exists on four wooden posts, which is covered with straw. "
Museums
Nearby archaeological sites have been found of which artifacts in the
- Piedra Pintada Museum.
- Museo de Ceramica precolombina small exhibition in the Town Hall.
- Archaeological Museum de Historia y are exhibited in the Parque Central Zelaya in Somoto.
Agriculture
La Flor del henequen is grown on the surrounding Cerros, which is why the city itself is designated as.
Festivals
The festival of the Señor de los Milagros is celebrated in May. The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated in June. The feast of Santiago is celebrated on July 25. On November 11, 1936 by Dr. Juan Benito Briseño and General Luis Fiallos ensures that the Department of Madriz was founded: That is why in November Carnival.
Rosquilla
In Somoto be rosquillas, a donut-shaped pastry, similar to donuts, baked in clay ovens.
Cañón de Somoto
One to ten kilometers north of the Pan-American Highway is at the height of Somoto a tributary of the Rio Coco, the Cañón de Somoto.