8/17/2019 Izucar de Matamoros,Puebla,Mexico.
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Izucar de Matamoros.
“The famous trees of life”.
Name’s meaning in náhualt: From the voice “Izcoan”, “ixco”:
cara, “Tzoquilt”: to paint
and “can”: place, therefore it means “place where they paint the
face”.Location in the state: outh!west.Distance from Puebla City:
"# $ms.
eather: %ot, su&!humid with rainfalls in summer.!"erage
altitude abo"e sea le"el: ',()) mts.#o$ to get there: Federal road
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T+ -I T TT- /TI+0 :• %ormer Con"ent Church of &anto Domingo
123I century4. It was &uilt &y the
5ominican friars and finished on '"'6. Its fa7ade is
neoclassical and inside itsstands out the /hapel of the 3ir8en de
5olores and as well as the &aptismal pile,
whose diameter measures more than two meters and which was made
out of one piece of stone called 'cantera( that ma$es it one of the
&i88est one around thecountry. It also has some well preserved
altarpieces covered with 69 $ilate 8old leafand whose style
'Churrigueresco(.
• Church of the )* neighbourhoods.• Church of the !ssum+tion
,irgin. irth re8ister &oo$s since '"9# are conserved
in this church. It started to wor$ as a parish &y the
command of ;ue&la citendoza.
• Portal #idalgo. This house was constructed in the 23Ith
century and &elon8ed tothe parish 5on >ariano >atamoros.
In this place he arran8ed meetin8s with parish
=os? >ar@a >orelos y ;avAn and with 3icente Buerreo in
order to plan the &attlesfor the independence.• Munici+al
Palace. 3ice royal style, from 23I century. Inside can &e seen
an
alle8orical paintin8 from >ariano >atamoros, performed
&y >ar@a Buadalupe/ruz.
• Portal #ouse. 123I /entury4.• %ormer #acienda and Church of
&an -uan Col n.• %ormer #acienda of Nicolás /olentino. oth
%aciendas had a 8reat production of
su8ar durin8 the 23IIth and the 23IIIth centuries. y the 2I2th
century thestopped wor$in8.
• %ormer Con"ent of 'La /ercera 0rden %ranciscana( 1 Ca luz4,
1The Ci8ht4.• %ormer Con"ent #os+ital of &an -uan de Dios.•
!rchaeological and #istory museum.• Main Plaza %ountain.• 1athing
resorts.• 2u+estrian +aintings and /radicional +aintings.• ll
saints cele&ration 15@a de >uertos, ' st and 6 nd of
0ovem&er4.• 3astronomy. >ole ;o&lano , pipiDn ,
tlaxcales, arrieco &read, &ean tamales,
po&lano typical sweets and man8o preserves.• #andicrafts.
+utstandin8s are the ceramic artwor$s $nown as “Dr&oles de la
vida”
1trees of life4, &esides chandeliers, smo$es, stone!ware,
cestery, hats, woodencarvin8s and sculpture, and clay toys.
