Parish and Convent of San Andres Mixquic

leastofthesepromotions team — Fri, 13 May 2011 21:20:16 +0000

The population of San Andres Mixquic is located in the Delegation of Tlahuac, in the Federal District; as many of the peoples of the Valley of Anáhuac, Mixquic was founded by the Mexican, after having dried some land occupied by the waters of Lake of Xochimilco.
In the year of 1536, arrived in Mixquic los frailest agustinos, Jorge de Avila and Jerónimo de San Esteban, founders of the Temple and Convent, whose first buildings were a small chapel and a house with thatch roofs. With the time they were made different adjustments and new construction, up to be a great church of type basilica, with three naves saturated with beautiful decorations, coated in gold and large and valuable pictures to the oil in the walls.
The Convent, which was the headquarters of the Order of the Agustinos for evangelization of indigenous people, was built in a single level and a large courtyard garden, now part of the Convent is a museum with interesting pieces pre-Hispanic, among which stand out: the sculpture carved in stone of the Goddess of the Life and Death “Mixquixtí”, an interesting figure of the messenger of the gods Chac Mool, skulls carved in stone, rings for the ball game and others.
Long before the arrival of the friars to this population is made ceremonies in honor of the dead, to introduce the missionaries religious ceremonies of 1 and November 2, to remind the dead were unified ceremonial acts to the missing that they were the indigenous ceremonies conducted very important in the pantheon, which is in the courtyard of the parish, in all the houses of the population is widespread habit of putting the spectacular altars in the days of dead.
These religious acts have achieved fame that already exceeded the boundaries of Mexico, now to attend to witness the honors that will make them to the deceased, reach many visitors from different parts of the world to this town.
Mixquic is a destination bound for those who are interested in knowing jewels of the colonial architecture and entering the roots of our Mexican, because here are many rewards.
The persons, who visit Mixquic, can know and walking in Trajinera in lake of the kings Aztec, which is very close and in addition, savor the exquisite sweets with amaranth (joy), the small seed sacred to the Aztecs and test the delicious ice cream of all the flavors imaginable.
It comes to this site from Mexico City, taking the path to Xochimilco, and then continue on the road that passes through the forest of Nativities, to continue by where indicate the announcements until arriving at Mixquic.

Cumana city in venezuela

leastofthesepromotions team — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:57:16 +0000

The Venezuelan state of Sucre find a beautiful place, we are talking about Cumana a city with colonial style founded officially in the year 1521 and was one of the first places inhabited by Europeans.

Access to this city is easy, can be reached by bus from the Venezuelan capital. Cumana is located at the mouth of rio Manzanares and landscapes that offers are really beautiful.

You can find there buildings that even retain the colonial style, from the beach are the Castillo de San Antonio of the Eminence that is a fortress Spanish and that can be visited. The museum of the sea is another attraction of the city along with many more.

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Parish and Convent of San Andres Mixquic

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