Castanos, Coahuila - Mexico
Stage of History

Founded in 1674, the name of this municipality comes from the Portuguese explorer Gaspar Castaño de Sosa, who started his exploration of this area in 1582.

To speak of Castaños immediately takes us to the transcendental passages of our history.

La Reforma and the French Intervention make us realize the important role that Coronel Ildefonso Fuentes held with his glorious Riflemen Regimen of Monclova. He was born in 1829 in what was outside the old Castaño Hacienda, and his image has remained recorded in the shield of the municipality in recognition of his courage.

The ill-fated pages that were written in 1811 with the capture of Miguel Hidalgo and his insurgents in Acatita de Bajan, 30 Km. (19 miles) from the seat of the municipality, also deserve mentioning.