The expression of art and culture during the era of colonial domination in Chiapas, generated a remarkable architectural heritage, embodied in a set of buildings of great value, rich with English roots testimony, Arabs and Indians, is located at more part in the cities of Chiapa de Corzo, Comitan and San Cristobal de Las Casas, the first settlements founded by English conquerors in what is now the current state of Chiapas.
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS
San Cristobal de las Casas is located in the center of the State of Chiapas, 85 km east of Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of the state, in a temperate and humid with rain in summer provides an average annual temperature of 15 ° C.
In this city, one of the most beautiful in Mexico by its harmonious urban composition, explore imposing religious buildings like the Cathedral or the Temple of Santo Domingo, covered with colorful asides Baroque and Indian manufacturing, which perpetuate the cultural heritage of ethnic Tzotzil, Tzeltal and Lacandon live in their surroundings and who you can also see exotic collections of everyday objects, crafts and Hispanic pieces sheltered in institutions with a long tradition as anthropological and philanthropic Bolom the National Museum or the Cultural Center of Los Altos de Chiapas.
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