San Juan Teitipac
San Juan Teitipac is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 km².
It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,552.
Culture
The town's 16th-century church is notable for a number of colonial-era santos (statues of the saints), some of them in the refined Spanish tradition and others of intriguing folk design.
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San Paciencia portrays Jesus after his torments in the praetorium. -
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist -
An Ecce Homo santo
References
- ^ "San Juan Teitipac". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: San Juan Teitipac. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
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