Tomás Mejía
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José Tomás de la Luz Mejía Camacho, better known as Tomás Mejía, was a Mexican soldier of Otomi background, who consistently sided with the Conservative Party throughout its nineteenth century conflic
Tomás Mejía c. 1865
The outskirts of Querétaro at the time of Mejía's revolt
The Sierra Gorda
Mejía (right) in a set of cameo portraits portraying the monarchs and the leading generals of the Second Mexican Empire.
Cerro de las Campanas
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The Cerro de las Campanas is a hill and national park located in Querétaro City, Mexico. It is most noteworthy as the place where Emperor Maximilian I and Generals Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía were
The Hill of Bells in its original state c. 1885–1899, with the first monument to the execution of Emperor Maximilian and his generals
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, Édouard Manet, 1869
Emperor Maximilian Memorial Chapel
Statue of Benito Juárez on the mountain