Mexatua Tour Day 4: Discovering Tzintzuntzan

An interesting aside: the large grounds have many olive trees that are very old, having been imported from Spain at the time the convent was built.

By Lucille Arneson

Visit to Templo de Santiago in Tupataro On our last day of the tour, after finishing our Continental breakfasts at the hotel, we found [...]

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Tzintzuntzan, the city of humingbirds

By Liliana Rodriguez

HISTORY

The City of Hummingbirds (translated from Purepecha to English) was the capital and the most important ceremonial center of the Purepecha Empire, because this place was were all the tribute was received. It was the biggest and most populated city in the whole region.

After the Spanish [...]

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