The Monumento a la Corregidora in Querétaro honors Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, an essential figure in the conspiracy that helped start Mexico’s War of Independence. She is commonly known as La Corregidora.

For learners, this monument ties a major independence heroine to the city of Querétaro, where the conspiracy took place. It is a good example of a civic monument outside Mexico City that reinforces core citizenship-test history.