CULTURE The city of San Cristobal de las casas is considered the cultural capital of Chiapas San cristobal de las

casas is one of the most impressive colonial cities and beautiful in Mxico, whose value lies in its ethnic and colonial tradition, which involves visitors with their colorful textiles, customs, beliefs, and an interesting cultural atmosphere.

ARTS AND CRAFTS In this city you will find the quality craftsmanship of its people to see the beauty of their wool, textiles and embroidery. In some neighborhoods, such as the cerrillo and la merced, find wrought iron objects, wax sculptures and works in amber and silver among other items offered.

Crafts: Crafts are all those events that people have produced over time and are present at all times since they are the roots of our cultural identity

MUSEUMS Maya medicine museum: this museum space the visitor can see the representation of the different techniques and practices of indigenous medicine, traditional healers, midwives and rezador of hills, techniques that until now scholars have preserved from time immemorial. The museum has six rooms and a demonstration garden museograficos, which contains a large number of medicinal plants.

Cultural Center of Los Altos: In the building of the former Dominican convent houses the Museum of Los Altos.

It has a living history of San Cristobal showing significant events in the city over the years. Its pieces include a silver petals of pomegranate guarding the Blessed Sacrament in the Cathedral, most of the jewelry piece Chiapas. Visit the craft store ("House of Fabric" in Tzotzil) showing pre-Hispanic textiles with designs symbolizing the Maya worldview.

Na-Bolom Museum: In a mansion of the late nineteenth century houses the Museo Na-Bolom ("House of the Tiger") founded by archaeologist and researcher of the Lacandon jungle Franz Blom and his wife Gertrude Duby. The house is decorated with local handicrafts and in one of its rooms is displayed Mayan pottery and everyday objects of the Lacandon, another room is dedicated to the archaeological site of Moxviquil. Here is the library "Fray Bartolome de Las Casas." Amber Museum: Located within the set that was recently restored Convent of Mercy and annexed to the church of the same name, one of a kind, here we enter the world of this gem petrified million years ago, considered one of the most beautiful, better quality and greater variety of shades of Mexico and the world, in addition to their hard work to the extraction procedure making jewelry and precious objects in the hands of our natives.

An exhibition of exceptional pieces of resin Mesozoic fossil trees, which are mined in Chiapas, which, along with the Dominican Republic, are the only American.

Museum House of Jade: The Jade House in the historic center of this city, which shows a room with some sculptures and archaeological pieces Mocaya diverse

culture, which developed off the coast of Chiapas before the Olmecs and Maya, as well as an extensive range of exquisite jewelry and jade hues stand out and presenting a green ranging from almost white to dark almost black, to pink with faint lilac purple hues.

Carmen Cultural Center: Located architectural culture consists of a series of ancient and modern buildings among which are: the Fine Arts Building, Public Library and the Convention Center.

AREAS of walkers Craft market in Piazza Santo Domingo Sweets and Crafts Market Store the Artisans of Chiapas Tourist Corridor "Santo Domingo - Carmen" Walker "Guadalupe"

DINING

Speaking of gastronomy in the city. Most establishments invite you to taste the traditional dishes, following the meeting of two cultures: Indian and Spanish. An example of this may be mentioned, hams and sausages, substantial part of the kitchen ponytail, pigtails chalupas, tamales saffron, bread soup, roast jerkin, granollo gruel.

Some of the most important modern hospital of this city are: Cathedral of San Cristobal Formerly the Church of the Assumption Cathedral and became to be elevated to the rank Chiapas Province diocesan. Its first bishop was Fray Bartolome de Las Casas.

Temple and Convent of Santo Domingo

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1551.

Its monumental facade mortar (mixture of lime, sand and water) was built in the sixteenth century by order of the Dominicans, masterfully combining various elements of colonial baroque.

Iglesia de la Merced

First convent founded in San Cristobal, which arrived in 1537 mercedarios. During the Porfirian the church was remodeled in the neoclassical style, the tower agregndosele that characterizes it, and the convent was qualified as a prison. Today houses the Amber Museum.

Zcalo or Plaza March 31

Also known as Plaza Mayor, is a place of great interest because during colonial times served as a meeting of the civic, marketing and as a center of water supply, since the battery was there.

Na-Bolom Cultural Association

Interesting museum founded by Frans Blom and his wife Gerturde Duby Blom in a beautiful nineteenth century mansion, which exhibits a small piece of history of

The Lacandon Jungle.

The utensils, handicrafts, archaeological and garments on display are products of more than 50 years of collection and classification of these characters, who were devoted to the study of the ethnic group of the Lacandon.

On the outskirts of San Cristobal de las Casas find wide open spaces that allow you to do all sorts of activities, from climbing walls to explore hard rock underground tunnels decorated with extraordinary limestone formations. You'll also find great natural sites that allow you to discover the ecological importance Of Chiapas jungle habitat.

Rancho Nuevo Ecological Reserve: In this area you will find a cave cavities composed of more than 10 km long and 550 m deep, ideal for cave diving in a room decorated with impressive stalactites and stalagmites. In this region, lush green jungle, find flora typical of coniferous forest, including for examples of medicinal plants such as chamomile.

The Arcotete:

Here you will find a stone arch carved by the action of the waters of a river. The walls of this natural formation will allow activities such as climbing, caving and rappelling from heights up to 35 m. It has amazing rock formations surrounded by forests of pine, oak and cypress trees inhabited by squirrels, chachalacas and roadrunners. It is ideal for ecotourism.

Huitepec Ecological Reserve. It is a natural area of more recent creation in the region, has an important vegetation of cloud forest where several species of wildlife such as birds, rodents, amphibians and reptiles.

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