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Located some 15 kms north of the city of Tlaxcala, San Dionisio Yauhquemehcan (Place of Finely Arrayed Warriors) boasts an elegant baroque c...

San Pablo del Monte church, from the atrium gateway San Pablo del Monte, aboriginally Cuauhtotoatla, “spring of the mountain bird” and ...

As recorded by Motolinia , in 1527 Axotecatl, ruler of Altihuetzia and one of the Four Lords of Tlaxcala, sent his three sons to be catechiz...

For the next in our series on Tlaxcala altarpieces we visit the distinctive church of San Agustín Tlaxco. The handsome front of the pari...

San Diego de Metepec This modest 18th c. church, located 5 kms NW of the city of Tlaxcala, marks the site of a 17th century miracle, ...

For another in our series on the altarpieces of Tlaxcala, we report on a pair of late colonial examples at Santo Toribio Xicotzinco. Xi...