Team 4

Members Team

1. Alvarez Bahena Cesar
2. Ayala Mendoza Alonso
3. Camacho Benitez Angel Ricardo
4. Galindo Ortiz Felipe
5. Romero Garcia Eder
6. Salgado Rodriguez Josue

Teacher: Aguirre Alvarez Eduardo

Introduction

The name of  Tepoztlan is a word that derives from the Nahuatl language and means "Place of copper ax" or "Place of  the broken stones"

The township has a total area of 292 square kilometers and is bordered to the north with the City of Mexico (Milpa Alta), on the northeast Tlalnepantla, on the east Tlayacapan  Yautepec to the southeast, south to Yautepec, Jiutepec and Cuernavaca , northwest to Cuernavaca (Morelos state capital), and Huitzilac.

Geographical Location

The Tepoztlán Municipality located north of the State of Morelos. Approximate distance to the state capital is 18 miles. The municipality covers an area of ​​242.6 square kilometers, representing 4.89 percent of the total area of the state of Morelos.

The municipality is part of the national park "El Tepozteco" created by presidential decree, issued by President Lazaro Cardenas, dated January 22, 1937, to allocate the area for conservation and protection of flora, fauna and archaeological remains.

History of Tepoztlan

Tepoztlán's story has not yet been precisely defined, as there is enough historical material to serve as the basis for this information as accurately as possible.

 It is unknown who the first settlers, but it is said that initially, Tepoztlán was "crossing point" between the central highlands and what we know today as the state of Morelos.

The Archaeologist Giselle Canto and Hortensia de Vega, identified the first human settlements in the area of ​​"Tecuescontitla" and apparently was inhabited between 500 and 150 a. C. The other settlement known as "Calamatlán" apparently was inhabited between 150 and 650 d. C. But there is a "gap" in the eighth and ninth centuries, and there is not enough information on this period.

History Tepozteco

The Tepozteco is an archaeological site located in the state of Morelos, Mexico. It is located over 2,000 meters above sea level and 600 feet above the valley of Tepoztlan. These remains were built between 1150 and 1350 AD.

Carlos Pellicer Museum (Tepoztlan)

Prehispanic Art Museum Carlos Pellicer is located in Tepoztlan, Morelos. The museum is named after the renowned poet and museographer Carlos Pellicer and focuses on the dissemination of his collection of pre-Columbian objects. The museum is housed in what was once the breadbasket of the Church of Our Lady of the Nativity. The museum is also known by the name of Mexico for Peace.

žIn this museum are significant pieces of pre-Hispanic cultures of sticking a piece of GodOmeotochtli Tepoztecatl, with the figure representing "two rabbits", his shrine is located onthe hilltop Tepozteco.
Curious this museum is named after the famous poet Tabasqueño, who upon arrival inTepoztlán fell in love with its mountains, valleys and canyons to the point of dedicating his verses and choose it as their second home where he established and managed to createmuch of its work.

Parroquia de la Natividad (Tepoztlan)

¢The Parish of the Nativity, the Church of Tepoztlan, and its former convent were built between 1555 and 1580 by villagers of the ancient Lordship of Tepoztlan, led by Dominican monks. The parish has a large courtyard in which there are four chapels (chapels that served to sit there the Blessed Sacrament in processions of the celebration of Corpus Christi, were made of stone and stood at the corners of the atrium) and a cross atrial whose tips end in the form of fleur de lis, emblem characteristic of the Order of the Dominicans. The most important religious feast of the Church of Tepoztlan is held on September 8, together with the celebrations of the challenge Tepozteco.