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Paseo por Mexico The Eliseo Palacios Paleontology Museum in Tuxtla Gutiérrez displays more than 200 fossils, all from

The Eliseo Palacios Paleontology Museum in Tuxtla Gutiérrez displays more than 200 fossils, all from

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas

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In the central park Miguel Hidalgo or main square, you can see a covered forum where cultural events are scheduled such as dances, photography exhibitions, musical events where passersby sit and watch on the benches surrounding the forum, to one side of it there is a kiosk where the local marimba delights its visitors. From the central park you can see the new government palace, the Church of San Agustín, the House of Culture (former government palace) and the Archaeological Museum of Soconusco.

Municipality

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, it is also the capital of Chiapas since the powers of the state reside there, besides being the most important and most populated city in that territory, it was founded by the Zoque Indians with the name of Coyatoc (place, house or land of rabbits) the current one comes from the Aztecs they named it Tochtlán, which means the same, the main tourist places are the Miguel Álvarez del Toro Zoo, the Regional Museum of Anthropology, the House of Crafts of Tuxtla, the Cathedral of San Marcos, the Marimba Garden Park among many options.

Festivities

In Tuxtla Gutiérrez the most important celebrations are those of San Marcos, San Roque, San Jacinto, San Pascualito, San Francisco, Santo Domingo and the Virgin of Guadalupe.


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