Tlatlauquitepec

Tlatlauquitepec lies in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, among wooded ridges above the routes toward the Gulf coast. The region was inhabited by Nahua communities before it came under Spanish colonial authority. Around 1531 Franciscan friars established the convent of Santa María, an early centre for religious instruction in the mountains. From this house missionaries travelled to neighbouring communities, carrying their work down toward the coastal country.