Museo Panteón de Belén

Opened as a museum on January 1, 2010, the Santa Paula Pantheon, now known as the Belén Pantheon, was built in 1848 by the architect Manuel Gómez Ibarra, at the request of Bishop Diego de Aranda y Carpinteiro.

The Belén Pantheon Museum is a sample of the funerary architecture of the 19th century. Due to its architectural wealth, it is protected by the National Institute of Anthropology and History and is considered a National Architectural Treasure. The remains of many prominent figures in politics, education, science, music and literature were deposited in this pantheon. It has a crowned chapel, of Egyptian influence, which was formerly the Central Mausoleum, where the remains of Illustrious Jaliscienses were found and that were later transferred to the Rotunda of the Illustrious Jaliscienses. In this cultural space lectures and presentations on various aspects of the history of Guadalajara are held.