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Paseo por Mexico The hill of the monks in Tetela de Ocampo

The hill of the monks in Tetela de Ocampo

Tetela de Ocampo, Puebla

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Tetela de Ocampo is surrounded by hills. In fact, its name comes from the Nahuatl word teteles, meaning mounds or hills. The Cerro de los Frailes or Los Picos, as it is called by the locals, is one of the ideal places for ecotourism. Here you can go hiking along a long path that surrounds the hill. Fans of adventure activities know the hill for its possibilities for climbing and also rappelling - at an expert level.

Municipality

Tetela de Ocampo, in its Nahuatl voice means abundance of hills, is located in the heart of the Sierra Norte of the state of Puebla, it has several architectural buildings such as the church dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption, the Municipal Palace and the Temple of Tetela dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption, the access bridges to the municipality, the statue of Lic. Benito Juárez, the monument to the 3 Juanes, it has a House of Culture, the Carreragco caves, the Nanahuatzingo caves, the caves of Tempextla, the basin of the Zempoala River, the Springs of the Cañada del Río Papaloateno, the teteles of Nanahuacingo where human sacrifices were made and the view of Sotolo from where the sea of ​​Veracruz can be distinguished

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