| La Peña de Bernal
(Bernal's Boulder or Bernal Peak) is 350 meters (1,150 feet) high
and is considered one of the world's largest monoliths.
Scaling of this rock is permitted but requires equipment if you
want to reach the top.
Bernal is an Arabic word, used by the Spaniards to
describe a huge crab plucked out of the ocean. The site is considered
sacred by the Chichimeca Indians, and the popular theory is that
the rock is a fragment of the meteorite that crashed near the present-day
Yucatán Peninsula
65 million years ago.
CELEBRATIONS
Many people make a pilgrimage to the highest point
hikeable, visiting a little chapel about halfway up. On the Spring
Equinox, people gather dressed in white to form a human belt around
the rock.
NEARBY
Nearby towns include San Juan del Río, Cadereyta
and Tequesquiapan.
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