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Known as Villa Tezontepec to distinguish it from Santiago Tezontepec in western Hidalgo, the old convento of San Pedro just across the sta...

image: wikipedia El Cardonal is an old mining town nestled in the foothills of the Sierra de Pachuca east of Ixmiquilpan, a popular ar...

The church at Santiago Anaya, founded in 1546, is located some 20 kms north of Actopan. Formerly known by its Aztec name of Tlachichilco (Re...

San José Atlán (Gloria Godinez) This sixteenth century visita of Huichapan, notable for its ornamental bell tower, also boasts a varie...

Of those regions of Mexico  richest in colonial monuments and artifacts, the state of Hidalgo, north of Mexico City, boasts perhaps the larg...

TLALNEPANTLA  "Middle Ground"  After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital, the Franciscans founded a new mission town on ...

Santa Prisca de Taxco, Guadalupe altarpiece detail: St. Malachy Saint Malachy was born in Northern Ireland around 1100 and in a rocket ...