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Na Bolom Museum of San Cristobal de las Casas

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

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The Na Bolom Museum of San Cristóbal de las Casas, located at Vicente Guerrero No. 33, El Cerrillo, is a late 19th century mansion that houses the Na-Bolom Museum (The House of the Jaguar), founded by Danish archaeologist Frans Blom and Swiss photographer Gertrude Duby in 1950. It exhibits Mayan ceramics and everyday objects of the Lacandon people. It has 16 comfortable and attractive rooms, each one decorated in a different way, with crafts from the indigenous communities of the region.

Municipality

The municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas is one of the municipalities that make up the state of Chiapas, San Cristóbal, was founded with the name of Villa Real de Chiapa in the ancient Valley of Hueyzacatlán, which means Zacatonal in Nahuatl, one of the main tourist destinations in Chiapas has a wide variety of options such as the Cathedral of San Cristóbal de las Casas, the Church of San Nicolás, the Church of La Merced, museums such as the Sna-Jolobil Museum and the Na-Bolom Museum as well as eco-tourism centers.

Festivities

In San Cristóbal de las Casas the most important celebrations are the festivals of the Sweet Child of Jesus, Lord of Esquipulas, Saint Anthony, Corpus Christi, Saint Christopher and the Holy Family.


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