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Paseo por Mexico Hermitage of San Pedro or Tepeyahualqui in Tepeyahualco

Hermitage of San Pedro or Tepeyahualqui in Tepeyahualco

Tepeyahualco, Puebla

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The Hermitage of San Pedro or Tepeyahualqui in the year 1668 the bishop of La Mota y Escobar ordered the vicar of that place to be in charge of the ecclesiastical construction of a small hermitage dedicated to the patrons San Pedro and San Pablo, some time later that chapel was insufficient for the population and then in the year 1720 the new construction of what is today the Parish of Tepeyahualco begins, in honor of San Pedro Apóstol, dating from the 16th century, that is, finished in the middle of the colony.

Municipality

Tepeyahualco is a municipality in the state of Puebla, its name means "In the roundness or circle of hills", its main historical buildings are La Ermita de San Pedro or Tepeyahualqui, the ruins of the city of Cantona, an architectural vestige of ancient Mexico, the Hacienda de San José Tizaco, the hacienda of Micuautla, the hacienda of San Roque and its portals, the hacienda of San Antonio Alchichicas, the main festival is June 29, San Pedro Apóstol, decorated with purple festoons and flowers, as an eco-tourist attraction There is the Alchichica Lagoon, which is a volcanic crater and due to changes in the subsoil its water level has dropped, a place of great beauty, it is used for recreation, swimming and fishing.

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