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Inside of the Church of Santiago in Tetla de la Solidaridad

Tetla de la solidaridad, Tlaxcala

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Inside the Church of Santiago in Tetla de la Solidaridad, a half-orange dome with an octagonal drum base tops the top. Inside we can see the spandrel decorated with plant motifs in the underchoir and an old organ in the choir. On the side walls there are paintings with scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, the Saints and the Virgin, and another of Purgatory. It has a Latin cross floor plan and a groin vault. The main altarpiece is neoclassical in style.

Municipality

Tetla de la Solidaridad is one of the 60 municipalities of the state of Tlaxcala, its name Tetla translates as "stony place", it has beautiful buildings such as the Church of Santiago, the Chapel of the Pantheon built during the 19th century, the Chapel of San Francisco dates from the 17th century, the Ahuatepec hacienda from the 19th century, the Cuaxamalucan hacienda dates from the 19th century, the Ocote hacienda from the 18th, 19th and part of the 20th century, the Bullfighting Museum of Tetla de la Solidaridad, the municipality of Tetla de la Solidaridad celebrates the patron saint of the town Santo Santiago, the celebrations begin nine days before July 25

Festivities

The municipality of Tetla de la Solidaridad celebrates the town's patron saint, Santo Santiago. The festivities begin nine days before July 25 with the so-called novena. Masses are held daily in the mornings and rosaries in the afternoons, paid for by merchants, workers or bricklayers.


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