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Paseo por Mexico Rosario Castellanos Cultural Center in Comitan de Dominguez

Rosario Castellanos Cultural Center in Comitan de Dominguez

Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas

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The Rosario Castellanos Cultural Center of Comitán de Domínguez is a building that was built in 1552, being a former Dominican Convent, later it was the General Headquarters during the revolutionary era, the State Government Treasury offices were installed there, it housed the Secondary and Preparatory Schools of Comitán, from 1975 it housed the House of Culture, and currently it houses the Rosario Castellanos Cultural Center.

Municipality

Comitán de Domínguez is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Chiapas, Comitlán which means place of potters, a word that was Hispanicized as Comitán, today it is a thriving municipality characterized by its variety of architectural styles ranging from neoclassical to neo-Gothic and art nouveau and even Mudejar. It has several tourist attractions for visitors such as the Historic Center of Comitán, the gardens and streets, the Uninajab Spa, the Church of Santo Domingo, the Archaeological Zone of Tenam Puente and more.

Festivities

In Comitán de Domínguez the most important celebrations are the Feast of San Sebastián on January 20, the Feast of the Virgin of Candelaria on February 2, the Feast of San Caralampio from February 11 to 20, the Feast of Santo Domingo and the trade fair, and the Feast of the Virgin of the Rosary on October 7.

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