The pilgrim route is a path with more than two centuries of history, and that goes through some of the municipalities in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The most popular route, which starts in Ameca and marks a pilgrimage way of 117 kilometers to Talpa de Allende to reach the basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, is travelled by more than three million people yearly, especially during the month of March. This massive procession and the absence of a support infrastructure throughout the road encouraged in 2008 to undertake a project providing basic services, lodging, observatories, and sanctuaries for pilgrims. This viewpoint is one of fifteen interventions commissioned to different international teams and coordinated by the Mexican office Dellekamp Arquitectos.

This viewing platform is a prism imitating a hollow and folding stone that rests on a hillside, offering a space with shade, cross ventilation, and a panoramic view of the valley in the highest part of the route. Carried out entirely in concrete, the lookout is designed so that it can age as a natural element without needing maintenance, thus avoiding the high costs that reaching such a remote place would involve.