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church from the south Once ringed by defensive ramparts Muna guarded the approaches to the Sierra region in pre conquest times. The imposing...

  Temimilcingo * On the Small Round Stone Column Possibly a remnant from the early Franciscan ten...

For our 2024 year end seasonal post we revisit our updated page on the superb mural of the Three Kings at Culhuacan : https://www.blogger.co...

 Possibly the earliest religious structure in the Atotonilco area, the ruined chapel of San Pedro Boxfi, is now located in the cemetery of t...

In the second of our posts on the churches of Atotonilco we look at the 16th century chapel of San Jose Zacamulpa. The small single nave cha...

In this and upcoming posts, we look at three early colonial buildings in Atotonilco de Tula in southwestern Hidalgo: first the main church o...

Adding to my previous posts on outstanding colonial fountains, * this is a post on the example in the monastery at Ocuituco.  The church fr...