Kasancewa cikin jinƙan iskar da ke kadawa daga arewa maso gabas zuwa babban ɓangare na shekara, Pachuca, babban birnin jihar Hidalgo, yana da laƙabin "la Bella Airosa".
Pachuca na daga ɗayan mahimman cibiyoyin hakar ma'adanai a Meziko, kuma kodayake ayyukan samar da abubuwa sun ragu a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, duk wani ambaton birni yana da alaƙa da ma'adinai. Narrowuntatattun titunan shi da muhallin su, amma ba masu kyau ba saboda wannan dalilin, suna nuna mana tsoffin ƙauyukan ma'adinai na mulkin mallaka Mexico, kamar Guanajuato, Zacatecas ko Taxco.
Tarihin Pachuca ya samo asali ne tun a karni na 15, lokacin da wata kungiyar Mezica suka kafa ta suka kira shi Patlachiuhcan, wanda ke nufin "matsatsun wuri", inda zinariya da azurfa suka yi yawa. A cikin shekarun farko na son mulkin gari ya zama babban ɗimbin dukiyar Spain. A tsakiyar karni na 16, Pachuca ya sami bunkasar hakar ma'adinai ta farko, amma wannan ya ƙare saboda wahalar malalar ƙasashen. A tsakiyar karni na 18, ya sake bayyana a matsayin fitacciyar cibiyar kasuwanci da zamantakewar al'umma saboda tasirin da wasu masu hangen nesa da 'yan kasuwa biyu suka ba yankin: Pedro Romero de Terreros, Conde de Regla, da José Alejandro Bustamante y Bustillos.
Birnin Pachuca ba shi da gine-gine kamar Guanajuato ko Taxco saboda kusancinsa da Birnin Mexico, tunda an ce masu arzikin ma'adinan yankin sun gwammace su zauna a cikin babban birni; Koyaya, birni ne mai ban sha'awa da maraba saboda karimcin mazaunanta. Gidan zuhudun San Francisco, wanda aka gina a farkon karni na 17, babban gini ne wanda ya ƙunshi kyawawan ayyukan fasaha na mulkin mallaka. A halin yanzu, INAH Photo Library da Gidan Tarihi na Hotuna suna mamaye babban ɓangaren shingen. Haikalin yana alfahari da kyawawan zane-zanen mai ta sanannun masu zane a ƙarni na 18, kuma a cikin ɗakin sujada na La Luz, tare da kyakkyawan bagade, ana kiyaye ragowar Countididdigar Regla. Wani muhimmin gidan ibada shine Ikklesiyar La Asunción, mafi tsufa a cikin gari, an gina shi a 1553 kuma an gyara shi sau da yawa.
Dan nesa kadan daga gareshi shine ginin akwatunan masarauta, tare da bayyanarsa na sansanin soja, wanda aka gina a karni na goma sha bakwai don ajiyar na biyar na masarauta, ma'ana, kashi na biyar na azurfa da aka samo daga kuɗin sirri na Sarkin Spain. Fadar Gwamnati, Casas Coloradas (gidan ibada na Franciscan wanda ke dauke da Fadar Adalci a yau) da Casa de las Artesanías –a inda zaku yaba kuma ku samo sana'o'in hannu iri daban daban na Hidalgo - sun cancanci ziyarar, kamar yadda Gidan Tarihi na Ma'adinai yake. , wanda aka girka a cikin wani babban gida daga karni na 19, da kuma abin tunawa ga Kristi Sarki, wanda daga saman tsaunin Santa Apolonia kamar yana kula da kare birni da mazaunanta. Babu shakka ɗayan ɗayan wurare masu ban sha'awa a cikin "la Bella Airosa" shine Plaza de la Independencia, a cikin zuciyar Pachuca, wanda aka girke da babban agogon tsawan mita 40 wanda aka gina tare da fararen dutse. Wannan agogo mai ban mamaki mai bangare uku yana da fuskoki hudu kuma an kawata shi da hotunan marmara na marmara wadanda ke wakiltar 'Yanci, Yanci, Gyara da Tsarin Mulki. Sun ce da farko hasumiyar agogo za ta kasance a matsayin kiosk, amma daga baya aka yanke shawarar cewa zai zama agogo ne mai ban mamaki, daidai da yanayin farkon karnin da ya gabata. Carillon ta Austrian, kwatankwacin Big Ben na Landan, ya jagoranci duk abubuwan da suka faru a cikin garin tun daga 15 ga Satumba, 1910, lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da shi a yayin bikin shekaru 100 da samun 'yancin kan Mexico.
Pachuca yana kewaye da kyawawan wurare, kamar Estanzuela, babban gandun daji na itacen pines da itacen oaks, da Real del Monte, wanda saboda mahimmancinsa a tarihin hakar ma'adinai na Hidalgo ya cancanci ambaton musamman.
