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Church of Alseseca in Tecamachalco

Tecamachalco, Puebla

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The Church of Alseseca was oriented from east to west so that when celebrating mass, it would face Rome according to the regulations of the time. The side walls are covered by carved wooden altarpieces, with oil paintings that are neither signed nor dated. It has five altarpieces, three of wood and two of mortar: the one dedicated to the Holy Souls of Purgatory or the Souls, the one to the Patron Saint Santiago, the Main Altar, the one to the Passion and the one to Saint Peter.

Municipality

Tecamachalco is one of the 217 municipalities into which the Mexican state of Puebla is divided, capital of the homonymous municipality, its name means "in the jaw of the hill", its main historical monument is the Statue of Benito Juárez and Vicente Guerrero, located in the park Juárez, the museum of pre-Hispanic pieces, on August 15 they celebrate the festival dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption of Mary, masses are celebrated and cockfights, horse races, bicycle races and dancing are organized, as a tourist attraction they have the ex-Franciscan convent, dating from 1530, the Church of Calvario, and parish of the Asunción, the Moral and Tlacomulco haciendas foundry.

Festivities

On August 15, a festival dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption of Mary, masses are celebrated and cockfights, horse races, bicycle races and dancing are organized. The Technological University in coordination with the H. City Council organizes a cultural week.


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