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About San Tepoztlán Ciudad de San Tepoztlán

    The land of Tepoztécatl, a victorious warrior over the fearful serpent Mazacuatl of Xochicalco,  Man of Tepoztlán and preast of the idol Ometochtli; land with a past that is intermixed with the thickness of the magic mist that surrounded the steps of the mythological heroe; place of traditions, leyends and apparitions, encircled by a row of rocky formations with impregnable strength: Tepoztlán.
The name means “Place of the Copper Axe” or “Place of the Fractured Rocks”, and is derived of the nahuatl tongue. Since the times of the aztec power, Tepoztlan stood as another neighbor town who payed tribute to that warrior town, and even though we count with such a historical fact, the origin of this place is as uncertain as mysterious.
During the past it was occupied by various native groups: tlahuicas, tolteca-chichimecas leaded by Mixcóatl and who conquered the Valley of México, extending their domain all the way to what is today the territory of Morelos and finally between the XIII and XVI centuries the Xochimilcas, as told by Fray Diego de Durán. Later on, after the consolidation . . .

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