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The Foundry in Tecamachalco

Tecamachalco, Puebla

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The Foundry This 16th century colonial construction had 3 small towers where there were three furnaces for smelting glass and crystal. It also has 7 splendid and majestic aqueduct arches that project the fall of water from east to south and were used for the solidification of glass and crystal. Without a doubt, this is a place you have to visit in Tecamachalco, Puebla.

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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