The Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl is a serial property with 15 component parts located in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala in Mexico, built as part of the evangelisation and colonisation of the northern territories of Mexico.

On the site of the former archeologists’ shelter, the museum was built in 1930 and was recently renovated. Tizatlan was one of the four fiefdoms of the Republic of Tlaxcala alongside Tepeticpac, Ocotelulco and Quiahuixtlan and it has structural remains from the late pre-Hispanic era, together with a very early Christian chapel.

San Pablo Apetatitlán is an area of agricultural lands and pasture for livestock grazing. Its most representative buildings include the parish church of San Pablo, built in a specific local variety of Baroque known as pulular. Apetatitlán is a term that comes from Nahuatl and means “on a sphere of water.”

The remains found in this archeological zone include two polychrome altars depicting the gods Mictlantecuhtli, Tezcatlipoca and Camaxtli, principal deity of the Tlaxcaltecas.

Cacaxtla was a powerful political, military and commercial center that developed in the present-day states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. This site contains some of Mesoamerica’s most extraordinary and well-preserved murals. Xochitecatl's legacy is the unique Pyramid of the Flowers and a remarkable set of terracotta female figurines.

A superb display of the Cacaxtla murals including the battle scene and the Jaguar Man, with information on how they were painted, as well as archaeological finds telling the impressive story of the Lords of Cacaxtla and their warlike people, inheritors of Teotihuacan and Cholula, and their gods such as Tlaloc.

An Acolhua city neighboring the state of Tlaxcala with a conflict-riven border, but also an important trading point during the hegemony of Teotihuacan and Texcoco. Part of the force of Pánfilo de Narváez, who fought against Hernán Cortés, was captured here, a critical event which left numerous remains.

The principal Tlaxcalan fiefdom in 1519, with the remains of a temple built a century before, whose mural paintings show Tezcatlipoca on fire and other symbols of religious sacrifice, such as Xiuhcatl, or the fire serpent descending like a stream of blood.

Surrounded by haciendas, forests, streams and waterfalls, the city is distinguished by its beautiful pink cantera stone churches, by the history of its Municipal Palace and as the birthplace of the first woman to be elected to government in Mexico.

Founded in the 16th century by Tlaxcalans and Spaniards to seal their alliance. It was a prosperous city and one of the first social, political and religious centers of the viceroyalty. Its layout, its civil buildings and its churches retain some of their original features that tell us the history of the city.