colonialmexico

         We understand that many of our followers may have postponed their planned trips to Mexico. For these readers and other armchair...

The most original and the best preserved of the ruined Camino Real missions, San José Coneta stands alone on a remote ranch close to the Gua...

Another ruined mission along the old Camino Real in Chiapas is that of San Nicolás Aquespala.  One of the longer lived missions in this g...

In colonial times, the Camino Real, or "royal road", ran from Mexico City through Oaxaca and then Chiapas - at that time part of G...

St. Sebastian (San Sebastián) is one of the most popular saints in Chiapas. Almost every town has a church or chapel dedicated to him.  Perh...

Returning to Chiapas, we take a new look at the venerable Dominican priory of San Miguel Copainalá in the Zoque region of northern Chiapas. ...

It is a while since we posted anything on colonial Chiapas, but today we are posting a piece on the grand former Dominican priory of Tecpatá...