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It was built during the 18th and 19th centuries. It has the shape of a Latin cross and preserves an atrium-cemetery with funerary monuments from the beginning of the century. Its main façade is flattened with a two-body tower, the first body remains as a bell tower; each of the bodies has semicircular arches oriented towards the four cardinal points, topped with a dome and each corner of the dome has a battlement; at the end of the dome there is a wrought iron cross.
Santa Cruz Tlaxcala is a municipality in the state of Tlaxcala, its original name is tlaxcallan which means "place of tortillas", it has beautiful architectural spaces such as the Parish of the Holy Cross from the 16th century, the Chapel of Calvary dates from the 19th century, the Railway Station from the 19th century, the Temple of Our Lady of Guadalupe from the 19th and 20th centuries, the Temple of San Lucas Evangelista covering the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, the Temple of San Miguel from the 18th and 19th centuries, the Ex-San Manuel Factory from the 19th century, the Hacienda La Concepción, Hacienda San Diego Apatlahuaya, Hacienda San Nicolás Cuatlapanga, the Vacation Center "La Trinidad" for the whole family, the patronal festiva
The festival is held in honor of the Holy Cross, which begins nine days before May 3 with the so-called novena. Daily morning masses are held and rosaries are organized starting at 5 p.m. On the main day (May 3), in the morning, between 5 and 6 a.m., the "mañanitas" are sung in honor of the Holy Cross, accompanied by the music band and the mariachis. Immediately afterward, a mass is celebrated with a fireworks display and the ringing of bells.