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Paseo por Mexico Cantona Site Museum in Tepeyahualco

Cantona Site Museum in Tepeyahualco

Tepeyahualco, Puebla

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At the Cantona Site Museum, visitors will appreciate the results of 20 years of archaeological research that have given rise to theories about the daily life and worldview of the society that built and inhabited the city.

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.

Festivities

Saint Peter the Apostle is celebrated on June 29, decorated with purple festoons and flowers; pilgrims from the Sierra Norte of Puebla attend, on the fifth Friday of Lent, in homage to the image of Father Jesus de Soto; on Holy Saturday pilgrimages are organized. It is celebrated on February 2 in honor of the Virgin of Candelaria; March 21, the birthday of Benito Juarez, with parades organized by educational institutions; Holy Week, Holy Saturday and Palm Sunday where it is customary to visit the Alchichica lagoon; May 5, Battle of Puebla; All Saints' Day; December 8, celebration of the Immaculate Conception; December 12, celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, December 24, Christmas Eve and New Year


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