The Callejón del Beso, the Alley of the Kiss, one of the most famous alleyways in Guanajuato, narrows to just 1.5 meters across - so tight that lovers in opposite houses could steal kisses across the balconies. The legend of the Callejón del Beso is about one such kiss - clandestine and tragic.
Doña Ana was the only child of a powerful and violent man. When she fell in love with the young don Carlos, her father was furious and threatened to send her away to a convent or to marry her off to an old nobleman across the ocean in Spain. Devastated, the two lovers sought a way to prevent their separation. After discovering that the neighboring house was only an arm's length away from doña Ana's house across the callejón, don Carlos spent his fortune to buy the house, making it possible for the lovers to meet in the balconies across the alleyway. When doña Ana's father discovered them there, he erupted in a rage, and he stabbed his daughter in the chest. Don Carlos was still holding her hand as it went cold, and he placed one final tender kiss upon it.
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