Tiripetio

Tiripetío lies in the highlands of Michoacán, southwest of the valley of Guayangareo. In 1537 Juan de San Román and Diego de Chávez established the first Augustinian convent in the province here. The friars used it as a base for work among neighbouring communities and in the Tierra Caliente. Alonso de la Veracruz established a centre of higher study at the convent before the royal foundation of the University of Mexico.