This is the place where Emiliano Zapata, in the company of the members of the Liberation Army of the South, signed the Plan of Ayala, a document in which the ideals of the agrarian struggle of the Mexican Revolution are expressed.

Offering a unique view of the Valley of Tehuacan, the site museum of Tehuacan el Viejo has a rich collection of archeological material and audiovisual clips on Ndachjian, better known as Tehuacan, the most important city today in the east of the state of Puebla.

The first museum dedicated to female monastic life during the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The objects in the collection reflect a variety of customs and roles. There is a fine collection of paintings by renowned artists.

Franciscan monastery built between 1544 and 1570 in the Plateresque and Mudéjar styles with one of the few Simon Pereyns altarpieces in Mexico. It illustrates missionary work in central Mexico during the colonial period through a wide range of objects.

At first the inhabitants of this site fought the Spanish conquistadors, then after a great slaughter Cholula allied itself to conquer Tenochtitlan. The museum tells the story of its inhabitants from the ninth century, with themes covering excavations, pottery, funerary customs and mural painting.

A city famous for its good climate and its fertile land, it was known as “the granary of New Spain” during the colonial era and “Atlixco de las flores” nowadays. The layout of its colonial streets, its religious architecture, and its traditional dances are proof of the richness of its heritage.

The region was fundamentally important in the history of domesticating several plants including maize. During the Postclassic, Tehuacan was the region’s most important site in terms of religion and politics.

Teteles de Santo Nombre is the largest Pre-Hispanic city of the Tehuacan-Zucatlan region. The site museum displays part of the history of one of the most important urban settlements in the central region of Mexico from the Classic period.

The beautiful chapel of the Virgin Mary, the chaplain’s house, a military barracks and four bastions make up this strange, airy building on a lofty site whose seven galleries tell the story of the fort in the wars of Independence, Reform, Intervention and the Revolution.

“The nation’s arms are covered in glory” wrote general Zaragoza in his war report. He commanded the infantry and the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. The fort of Guadalupe’s exhibitions tells its own story, victory at the Battle of Puebla and the triumph of the Republic.