Santa María Tepepan
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Santa María Tepepan (Spanish: Pueblo de Santa María Tepepan) is one of the 14 recognized original pueblos ("towns" or "townships") that form the México City's borough of Xochimilco.[1] It sits on the lower edges of the mountain chain that limits Mexico City to the south. Although it is in Mexico City's territory, it conserves a lot of rural characteristics, like winding cobblestone streets, and economic activities, equestrianism being one of the most important ones until recently.[2]
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Santa María Tepepan
Tepepan (Nahuatl) | |
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Town and Neighbourhood | |
Etymology: From the Nahuatl Tepetl ("Hill") and Ipan ("On something","Above something") | |
Coordinates: 19°16′26″N 99°08′11″W | |
Country | Mexico |
Federal entity | Mexico City |
Borough | Xochimilco |
Founded | Sometime between 1526 and 1565 |
Founded by | Pedro de Gante |
Named for | Either a purported Tonantzin shrine or settlement built on top of the hill. |
Area | |
• Total | 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,380 m (7,810 ft) |
Postal Code | 16020 |
Its church, called Santa María de la Visitación ("Holy Mary of the Visitation"), dates to the seventeenth century, although it was rebuilt in the nineteenth century,[3] and was raised on top of the original shrine built in 1526 when the town was founded; which allegedly sat above a pre-Hispanic shrine to the Aztec goddess Tonantzin.[4][5] The adjacent monastery was built between 1612 and 1627 by the friar Juan de Lazcano.[2]