Nazas

Nazas is a municipality within the Mexican state of Durango positioned in the location known as the Comarca Lagunera. It is placed at an altitude of 1,250 meters above sea degree and is positioned 139 km from the metropolis of Coahuila de Torreon and 203 km from the city of Durango. In 2010 the metropolis changed into registered through Unesco as a World Heritage Site as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.

The basis of Mapimi in 1598, on the part of missionaries of the Company of Jesus, allowed the doorway of the Europeans to the location, being installed then the small congregation of Five Lords, with which an area changed into denominated that would take this identify all through 3 centuries . The war in opposition to the Tarahumara destroyed Mapimi and its surroundings, so Cinco Senores did not last lengthy. In the 18th century whilst a small metropolis would rise once more, now included by using a device of presidios with an excellent quantity of infantrymen to make sure its permanence.