Paseo por México | Living Museum of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro in Aculco

Living Museum of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro in Aculco

Aculco, Estado de México

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The Living Museum of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro is made up of a road considered the oldest on our continent and takes you on a journey through time imagining what transit was like through this place so important for ancient trade. Its approximate length of 2,600 kilometers, it started from the Plaza de Santo Domingo in Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico in the United States. The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro transformed the commercial, religious, political and cultural life of both nations from the 16th century onwards.

Municipality

Aculco is one of the municipalities of the Mexican state of State of Mexico, was formed by the Otomi and later conquered by the Mexicas in the 14th century, its current name comes from the Nahuatl language and means "place where the water twists", it retains the features of its traditional architecture full of alleys and houses with large patios. Among its attractions are the Municipal Spa, the House of Culture, the Hidalgo House, the La Concepción Waterfall, the Tixhiñu Waterfall, the Arroyo Zarco Hacienda, the Ñadó Hacienda, the Main Garden, the Public Laundries, the Ñadó Rock and Dam, the Parish and Former Convent of San Jerónimo, the Colorado Bridge, Santa Ana Matlavat, San Lucas Totolmaloya and the Sanctuary of the Lord of Nenthé.

Festivities

In Aculco the most important celebrations are on February 19th the erection of the municipality is celebrated and a ceremony alluding to the day is held, September 17th is the "day of the Aculco brotherhood" in which the families of Aculco meet to spend a day in the countryside, the celebrations that have been carried out since 1702 in the Sanctuary of the Lord of Nenthé, the year in which the image was found buried at the foot of some oaks and next to a stream of water, on September 30th the tradition continues celebrating the patron saint San Jerónimo, who is celebrated with great joy and dances (santiagueros and concheros) and burning of the castle within the religious festivities; as well as a cultural, agricultural and livestock fair, games and family fun; the traditional bullfight is also held.