Colonial art and historical monuments
Temple of Santo Domingo - Tuxtla
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
The only one of the old neighborhood chapels in the city center with a vernacular style of architecture
Temple of San Lorenzo
Zinacantán, Chiapas
An example of the churches known as Indian towns because of their rectangular plan, austere façade with a bell gable and covered with wood and tile. Possibly from the 16th century but modified to the neoclassical style at the beginning of the 20th century. Photo gallery
Parador Museum Santa Maria
La Trinitaria, Chiapas
50 kilometers away and in the midst of a surprising landscape of plains, lagoons and mountains, rises the helmet of this old 19th century hacienda, now converted into parador museum . The big house is a typical stone and mud construction with wooden arches. Each of its rooms has antique furniture that creates evocative atmospheres.
Copanahuastla Temple
Socoltenango, Chiapas
Architecture of the evangelization of the 16th century, of Dominican foundation. Its elegant cover is Renaissance. Location
Soyatitan Temple
Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas
The town of Soyatitán preserves the remains of a magnificent 16th century church, the product of the evangelization of the Dominican friars of Copanaguastla. You can still see parts of the nave and apse walls and the majestic façade with a lattice composition of flat pilasters and entablatures, shallow niches and stepped belfry.
Temples of San Bartolomé, Señor del Pozo, San Sebastián Aqueduct
Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas
They constitute part of the heritage of this town of Tsotsil roots and notable manifestations of ritual and textile art.
Calvary Temple
Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas
It is a neighborhood Chapel that preserves in its interior a remarkable wooden relief of the 16th century Calvary. Location
Temple of San Sebastián
Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas
Construction of the seventeenth century that maintained the Mudejar style of the main temple. Newly restored after decades it had fallen into ruin. Localtion
Santo Domingo de Guzmán Temple
Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas
It is the best preserved 16th century Dominican convent in the state. The temple is in the Mudejar style. The former convent is now a cultural center. Photo gallery