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About Tzintzuntzan

Tzintzuntzan is a city in Tzintzuntzan Municipality placed inside the north of Michoacan country, fifty three km from the capital of Morelia and 17.5 km from Pátzcuaro, positioned at the northeast shore of Lake Patzcuaro. It is great known as the former capital of the Tarascan state until it turned into conquered by means of the Spanish within the 1520s. Today, Tzintzuntzan is a small metropolis with two essential attractions, the archeological web site of Tzintzuntzan and the previous monastery complicated of San Francisco. The municipality contains another critical archeological web site known as Ihuatzio. It is likewise first-rate for its festivals, which consist of the Festival of Senor del Rescate, Day of the Dead celebrations and a cultural occasion associated with New Year's.

The call Tzintzuntzan comes from the Purepecha language, that means "vicinity of the hummingbirds". The Purepecha had a god named Tzintzuuquixu, which means "hummingbird of the south", which, like the Mexica to Tenochtitlan, turned into involved in guiding the tribe to the Lake Pátzcuaro location. The municipality has a coat of arms which capabilities photos of Tarascan kings Tzintzincha, Chiguacua and Chiguangua. It also contains a section representing the Spanish conquest of the Tarascan kingdom inside the shape of the final emperor Tzintzincha or Tanganxoan bowing earlier than the Spanish Crown and go, asking to be baptized.

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