San_Juan_Teitipac

San Juan Teitipac

San Juan Teitipac

Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico

San Juan Teitipac is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.

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As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,552.[1]

Culture

The town's 16th-century church is notable for a number of colonial-era santos (statues of the saints), some of them in the refined Spanish tradition and others of intriguing folk design.[2]

  • San Paciencia portrays Jesus after his torments in the praetorium.
  • The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  • An Ecce Homo santo

References

  1. [1]
    "San Juan Teitipac". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: San Juan Teitipac. Retrieved 2012-04-13.


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