Tlacolula - Capilla del Santo Cristo Attractions
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About 2km/1.3mi further past Lambityeco on a short road on the right leads to the ancient little Zapotec town of Tlacolula, which boasts a parish church built in 1647.
The Baroque façade of the church is in three parts with round-headed arches, columns, niches and a window lighting the choir. The interior is also mainly Baroque with the usual local features. The door to the Capilla del Santo Cristo (Chapel of Christ), the choir screen and the pulpit rails are magnificent examples of the simple wrought ironwork of the colonial period. The fantastic expertly-worked stucco ornamentation of the chapel resembles that of the Santo Domingo Church in Oaxaca, and the Rosary Chapel in Puebla.
The Baroque façade of the church is in three parts with round-headed arches, columns, niches and a window lighting the choir. The interior is also mainly Baroque with the usual local features. The door to the Capilla del Santo Cristo (Chapel of Christ), the choir screen and the pulpit rails are magnificent examples of the simple wrought ironwork of the colonial period. The fantastic expertly-worked stucco ornamentation of the chapel resembles that of the Santo Domingo Church in Oaxaca, and the Rosary Chapel in Puebla.
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