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First, you'll visit Tula and learn all about the culture, which is considered the best in architecture. Learn about their innovations in architecture, cloves and the use of stucco and admire the site. Then, visit the Convent of Tepotzotlan, from the Jesuits Order. They tried to evangelize the indigenous population from the area during the Spanish conquest, so you'll see impressive decoration with Gold Leaves in the church and learn about Mexican Baroque Style. Your tour includes a private guide and transport.
The National Museum of the Viceroyalty is a museum complex in Mexico located in the old Colegio de San Francisco Javier in Tepotzotlán. It is dedicated to the exhibition, dissemination and investigation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
This complex was built by the Jesuits starting in the 1580s. Three learning centers were founded here: a school to teach indigenous languages to Jesuit evangelists, a school for indigenous children and the Colegio de San Francisco Javier, to train to the Jesuit fathers. The complex is made up of three sections: the school area, with bedrooms, library, kitchen, chapel, etc .; the Church of San Francisco Javier; and the Church of San Pedro Apóstol.
Tula Known as "Place of tules-Near the place of the jicotes" Great City near the Xicoc hill was the capital of the Toltec state, which developed in central Mexico during the early postclassic period of Mesoamerica. In this city the The main political power of the valleys of Mexico and Puebla-Tlaxcala between the 10th and 12th centuries of our era. Its influence reached as far away as the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. It should not be confused with the mythological site called Tōllān , whose identification with Tollan-Xicocotitlan has been questioned in recent texts.
The first evidences of the occupation of the Tollan-Xicocotitlan site correspond to the end of the Early Classic Period (II-VIII century AD). At this time, the city of Teotihuacan - the main political and economic center of central Mesoamerica - began its process of decline, yielding its hegemony to other city-states that flourished during the Epiclassic
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