Taximaroa

Taximaroa stood on the eastern frontier of the Purépecha realm, guarding the route between Michoacán and central Mexico. The fortified town appears in the Relación de Michoacán as one of the first places in the kingdom reached by Spaniards. Its position made it a gateway to the Purépecha heartland. After the conquest the district became an encomienda, and Franciscan missionaries established themselves in the town during the sixteenth century.