Tecali de Herrera
Tecali de Herrera (municipality) | |
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Municipalityand town | |
 16th century Convent of Tecali de Herrera ruins | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Time zone | UTC-6(Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5(Central Daylight Time) |
Tecali de Herrerais a town andmunicipalityin theMexican stateofPuebla,southeasternMexico.[1]
Town
[edit]The town of Tecali de Herrera is located about 47 kilometres (29 mi) southeast of thecity of Puebla.
It is center ofonyxartisan objects production in Mexico.[2]The Municipal Market Onyx is supplied by the local union craftsmen.
History
[edit]Pre-Columbian
[edit]Tecali was one of the most important cities of theToltec−Chichimecanobility, in thepre-Columbianera. It is registered in the "Matricula de Tributos" made during the time ofMoctezuma.In theNahuatl languagethe nameTecaliderives fromtetl(stone) andcalli(house), meaning 'where the houses of stone are.'[2]
Convent of Tecali de Herrera
[edit]The ruins of the Spanish colonial era Convent of Tecali of Herrera (Ex-Convento de Tecali de Herrera) are a designatedCultural Heritage Monumentin the municipality. The former Franciscanconventwas completed in 1540, inNew Spain(colonial México). It was designed in the ColonialSpanish Renaissance styleby Diego de Arciniega.[2]
References
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- ^"-".Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México.Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal.RetrievedJanuary 4,2010.
- ^abcMidwesternerinmexico: "Tecali de Herrera - Mexico’s hub of all things onyx";posted 29 March 2010; accessed 11.11.2014
External links
[edit]- Mid-Westerner in Mexico Blog: Tecali de Herrera—images and text.
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