Tecpatan

Tecpatan is a metropolis of Zoque origin, its basis is unsure but it's miles considered that it changed into previous to the conquest of the place by way of the Aztecs, being one of the most important zoques populations at the beginning known as Ocahual and one of the last to resist the conquests external, each of the Aztecs and the Chiapanecs; being conquered in the end conquered by way of the Aztec trendy Tiltototl in the times of the tlatoani Ahuizotl, being from that moment this is known as Tecpatan.

After the Spanish conquest, Tecpatan became one of the maximum essential centers of evangelization in Chiapas, in 1564 Fray Antonio de Pamplona, a Dominican priest, founded the convent of Tecpatan attached to the temple of Santo Domingo de Guzman, now in ruins and one of the essential symbols and sights of the populace. After independence and within the 19th century the spiritual importance of Tecpatan faded notably, passing its management directly to the diocesan seat of San Cristobal de las Casas.