Real De 14 History

Real Fourteen
The village of Real de 14 was a mining town and is currently a tourist located in the heart of the Sierra de 14, in the state of San Luis Potosí, in northern Mexico. The name was taken from the royal word, by its silver mines,. 4 and fourteen thieves who hid in this place.
Geography:
It is located at an altitude of 2770 MASL and the main access road is through a tunnel of 2300 meters long, inaugurated on April 2, 1901, called Ogarrio in honor to the people of Spain so called (RUESGA (Cantabria)) from where Santos Sainz de la Maza and E zgue Rra Zorrilla, father of Gregorio Sainz de la Maza and Gómez de la Puente was originally.
Foundation:
It was founded in 1779 due to the discovery of rich silver mines, which motivated a multitude of miners and adventurers to reach the place in search of luck, disregarding a real fever of silver in the midst of totally unfavorable conditions. The place was inaccessible, there were no roads, there
was no water and the supplies were difficult. In its principles it did not have any authority that really cared to enforce the law; The anarchy was total and, as always, the fort took advantage of the weak. This situation came to end Silvestre López Portillo, of Spanish descent and born in Guatemala; He owes him the foundation of the people who in his early days was called: Royal Mines of Our Lady of the Clean and Immaculate Conception of Guadalupe of the poplars of fourteen. His performance was commendable and distinguished by his great experience as a miner and by his inflexible determination.
Importance:
One of the great mining centers of San Luis Potosí was real mines of Our Lady of the clean conception of Guadalupe de los Álamos of fourteen, or better known as Royal of fourteen. It is difficult to specify when the first vein was discovered, but already in 1772 it was a real or a mining population; It is until 11 August 1777 when the term "the fourteen" arises as in documents.
In fact it was towards 1778 when the richest veins were found and when it should be considered founded the Real one, since in that year a large number of miners attended in search of the riches that the earth offered, to be disregarding a real fever of the silver in the midst of cond Iciones totally unfavorable.
Ghost town:
The life of the people passed in the midst of the activity of the miners who extracted the silver, but the continued digging ran into an aquifer that pierced the mine, even though it continued trying to continue with the exploitation of metal with extractors and Water pumps were no longer possible and the mine was closed, making it a museum that shows that health was also important for the miners who were cared for by Dr. Manuel Rosales, retired doctor but who still tells the story lived in this place ( 2017), however, there were alternate mines where they continued to extract the silver but when they were lacking it was decided to close them also, leaving only the vestiges of them, being this a mining town was abandoned becoming a ghost town, It was later retaken as a tourist and reconstructed place, thus maintaining a tourist activity in the routes that are offered to visit the different attractions like visits to the thickets of the semi-desert, sacred places for the huicholes like ( The burnt), routes to the mines, and guided views to the museum of the first Mint founded in Mexico, the train stations that were built by President Porfirio Díaz for his transportation and export of silver to Spain, currently the Church of San Francis of Assisi, shows part of the antiquity of the village and the devotion of its inhabitants, which, receive thousands of tourists either to worship the saint or to know its beautiful streets and landscapes that form a unique print of a village cloistered in this Z Semi-desert ona of San Luis Potosí. = = Tourist Center = =
In the year 2001, Real de Fourteen was included in the program "Pueblos Magicos" of the Ministry of Tourism.
Real Cuisine of fourteen magical people
The art of the cuisine of Potosi is present in this unique village, where visitors can taste dishes such as barbecue or the famous wedding grill, seasoned with a drink of brandy or mezcal.
Real handicrafts from fourteen magical village
At the tourist level there are two main activities that can be enjoyed in Real fourteen, one takes place in the village and the other in its mountains. Before going to the point, it is worth mentioning that the place is very quiet and does not offer nightlife. It is ideal to rest and repose of the stress of the city. It could very well define healing. That is why the activity of walking is certainly the most important. The landscapes are wonderful and in just over an hour's walk you reach the hill of the "Burnt", sacred place for the Huichol and charming beauty.
In the lowlands of the Sierra is located the nature reserve of Wirikuta, the sacred land of the Wixarrica people, a Huichol ethnic group that is in charge of collecting and hiring for their ceremonies the Híkuri, better known as
Peyote.
The best activity that can be practiced in fourteen is the hike, especially for the athlete looking for new spaces, where the air and the landscape inspire tranquility and purity. A good option that combines this activity with the appreciation of the landscape is to visit the hill of the "Burnt", located to an hour of way, and that is the ceremonial center located more towards the east in all the sacred space of the huicholes. The view seen from this place is a stimulus to encourage you to make such a journey.