In the middle of the last century, in Tlacotalpan there was a picturesque character called Don Pío Barrán. He was a fisherman, but there was something that made him different from the others, his love of taming crocodiles. Pio would catch the crocodiles and keep them outside his house in makeshift pools, bringing the total…
Main market of the city. It was designed, it is said that initially as a railway station, by the architects Ernesto Brunel and Antonio Rivas market in the venue that occupied the former bullring of Gavira. The construction lasted from 1905 to September 16, 1910. It was inaugurated by President Porfirio Diaz as part of…
This is one of the most representative buildings of Tlacotalpan, inaugurated on March 17, 1974, with the aim of rescuing, preserving and disseminating the city’s own expressions of art. Currently, classes are given in jarocha, classical and contemporary dance, singing, painting, dance, drawing and traditional music, mainly with jarana, harp, requinto and tambourine. It has…
Something that has been jealously preserved is ceramics, there are workshops of international prestige where the manufacture of authentic majolica and traditional pottery with tibores, plates, spice bowls, condes bowls and basins invite to a purchase collection. In the city centre, you can still buy the traditional silver and gold jewellery from birds, called baroque…
The gastronomy of Tlacotalpan is unique, due to its wonderful location we can delight ourselves with a variety of ingredients, such as meats, seafood and fine spices of the town, which give a unique flavor to each dish. Some of the typical dishes of the town are the mondongo; the chicken soup; the chubby ones;…
Due to the multiple floods that the city suffered, the body had to be lifted several times. Nowadays, only one image of the Christ of Burgos, donated by the Count of Valenciana, and several paintings by Mexican painters from the 18th century are preserved. The esplanade in front of the Temple of San Diego de…
Its history dates back to 1732, when it was created under the name of the Hospice of the Holy Trinity. On August 27, 1827, with the first constitutional government, the school changed its name to Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepción, falling under the responsibility of the state and thus creating the faculties of law, painting,…
Beautiful place of rest, with its large trees that provide fresh shade, surrounded by restaurants, where Mariachis and Tunas gather to brighten the atmosphere with their happy melodies, the Jardín de la Unión is right in front of the Teatro Juárez. During the viceroyalty of this place was the “Plaza de San Diego”, named after…
The congregation of the Oratory was formally founded on May 2, 1712. It had as its beginnings the function of catechizing the mulatto Indians. This place was also a school where Ignacio Allende and the Aldama brothers, heroes of the independence of our country, studied. During the war of independence. The Oratory has a much…
The building was built especially for a convent, which was given the name Convento Real de la Concepción. It was later known as the Convent of “Las Monjas”. The Architect. Francisco Martínez Gudiño, with the alarifes Pedro Joaquín de Tapia and Salvador Antonio Hernández, started the construction in 1755 and the building was inaugurated, incomplete,…