The Cerro del Cubilete (translated as "Tumbler

Tumbler

Tumbler may refer to:* A part of a lock whose position must be changed by a key in order to release the bolt...

 Hill") is a 2,700m (8,860 feet) tall mountain-hill in Silao Municipality

Silao, Guanajuato

Silao is a municipality in the west-central part of the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. Its seat is the city of the same name.This municipality lies adjacent to the west side of the municipality of Guanajuato, the state capital...

 in the state of Guanajuato

Guanajuato

Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

Cristo Rey

Atop the hill is a temple to Cristo el Rey

Christ the King

Christ the King is a title of Jesus based on several passages of Scripture. It is used by most Christians. The Roman Catholic Church, together with many Protestant denominations, including the Anglican Churches, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Methodists, celebrate the Feast of Christ the King on the...

 , and a 23m (75 ft) tall statue of Christ. The elevated area provides a view of the Bajío

Bajío

The Bajío is a region of Central Mexico that includes the plains south of the Sierra de Guanajuato, in the state of Guanajuato, as well as parts of the states of Querétaro and Michoacán .In general parlance, it is usually associated with the States of Guanajuato and Querétaro, although it only...

 Region surrounding it.

The statue was built by Cristeros

Cristero War

The Cristero War of 1926 to 1929 was an uprising and counter-revolution against the Mexican government in power at that time. The rebellion was set off by the strict enforcement of the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and the expansion of further anti-clerical laws...

, in the words of former President Vicente Fox

Vicente Fox

Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...

, as a "rebuke to the repressors of religious freedom" who sought to quash the Church during the persecution of Christians

Persecution of Christians in Mexico

The modern history of Mexico has often been characterized by deep conflicts between the government and the Catholic Church, sometimes including outright persecution of Catholics in Mexico.- Beginning of Anticlericalism and Persecution :...

in Mexico in the first half of the twentieth century.