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Parish of Saint Francis of Assisi in Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata, Morelos

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The Parish of San Francisco de Asís is located in the center of the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, the parish of San Francisco Zacualpan was built by the Franciscans in the 18th century, in 1755. The enclosure is made up of a small atrium, surrounded by a lattice of the time, the façade has two bodies.

Municipality

Emiliano Zapata is a municipality in the state of Morelos previously known as San Francisco Zacualpan and San Vicente Zacualpan, named in honor of the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata its original name means "on covered thing" and is the most accepted definition, has beautiful architectural places such as the Parish of San Francisco Zacualpan, the Chapel of Santa Cruz and the Hacienda de San Vicente in the municipal seat, in Tezoyuca, the Church of Santa Ana, in Tepetzingo, the Church of Santa Cecilia; the Hacienda de Dolores, built in 1642 and that of San Nicolás Sayula, in 1620, in Tetecalita the Church of San Mateo Apóstol and the Hacienda de San Gaspar.

Festivities

February 2. Our Lady of Candelaria Day, February 4. Carnival, May 15. Saint Anthony the Abbot's Day (traditionally animals and seeds for planting were blessed), Holy Week, June 24. Saint John the Baptist Day, September 15. Mexican Independence Day, September 29. Saint Michael the Archangel Day (it is customary to place crosses made of polystyrene foam on all the doors of houses and on the corners of the cornfields to scare away the devil), October 4. Day of the town's patron saint, San Francisco de Asís, November 2. All Souls' Day (it is customary to place traditional offerings and visit the cemetery), December 12. Day of the Patron Saint of Mexico, Santa María de Guadalupe, December 24. Lullaby of the baby Jesus, midnight mass, and family celebrations, December 31. Farewell to the last day of the year and welcome to the new year.

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