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San Cristobal de las Casas May 13

San Cristobal de las Casas is located in the center of the State of Chiapas, is the main tourist destination in Chiapas. It was one of the first towns built in the Spanish Northern America and it was named Pueblo Mágico, but actually has the quality of city. It has been considered the cultural capital and pride of the State of Chiapas, where there are different cultural expressions both from Chiapas and worldwide.

In this city people can discover magnificent religious buildings like the Cathedral, built in the seventeenth century or the Temple of Santo Domingo, which dates from 1547, the two buildings are lined with colorful details of Baroque and indigenous manufacturing, which perpetuate the cultural heritage of ethnic Tzotzil, Tzeltal and Lacandones, from whom we can also observe exotic collections of objects of daily use, handicrafts and sheltered prehispanic pieces in the Museum Na Bolom or the Cultural Center of Los Altos de Chiapas. Today many of these indigenous tribes still live in the neighborhood. more…