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Inside of the Parish of San José (El Calvario) in Cuernavaca

Cuernavaca, Morelos

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Inside the beautifully decorated colonial-style Parish of San José (El Calvario) is a meeting point for the region's festivities.

Municipality

Cuernavaca is a municipality in the state of Morelos, its name comes from the word Cuauhnahuac which means "next to the trees" has important historical buildings such as the Palace of Cortes, the Cathedral, the convent and temple of the Third Order of the Franciscan, the chapels of Humilladero or Chapitel del Calvario, the Tepetates and the open chapel of San José, the Hacienda de Atlacomulco, the aqueduct, the kiosk of the Garden of Heroes, the Porfirio Díaz bridge, the railway station, the House of Oblivion, the Borda Garden and its attached church and the Callejón del Diablo bridge, among the most important, there is an archaeological zone in Teopanzolco, as well as the flower fair is held at the beginning of spring

Festivities

Carnivals have been a tradition in Cuernavaca since 1965. The Flower Fair was established in 1965, which begins on May 2 and ends on the 12th. In the Borda garden, flower growers from all over the Republic present the most beautiful flowers they grow, competing for the annual prize. On May 15, the feast of San Isidro Labrador; June 13, the feast of San Antonio in the San Antón neighborhood, with fireworks, Aztec dancers and conch shell collectors; August 6, the feast of El Salvador or the Transfiguration of the Lord of Ocotepec, with dances of Moors and Christians, mole and pulque; August 10, the feast of San Lorenzo in Chamilpa; August 15, the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Santa María Ahuacatilán; September 8, Feast of Our Lady of Miracles in Tlaltenango, with an important fair that attracts numerous visitors and December 12, the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe at Calvary.