Day Four - Mexico City, San Agustin Acolman

In the municipality of Acolman, very close to Teotihuacan, you will be able to take a tour and discover Mexico’s history of the Spanish conquest. Visit the church and former convent of San Agustin Acolman, a sixteenth century architectural jewel, the construction of which was started in1524, by the Franciscan friar Andrés de Olmos. It was our first time to visit this stop and you should definitely add it to your list. 

This church is very unique and has intricate art work and construction. The church stands on an area measuring 177,500 feet and its walls rise 70 feet above the ground. Worth seeing is its plateresque façade, with an inscription on the north side stating that the church was finished in the year 1560, during the reign of King don Felipe, “Our lord, son of Emperor Charles V”, and another inscription on the south side that states: “during the government of the II Viceroy of New Spain, Don Luis de Velasco, and thanks to his benevolence, this building was constructed”.

You will love its majestic columns and the details in the arch over the entrance door to the Church. Once inside, you can see the baroque altar pieces dating back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, carved in wood and gold leaf. Visit the open chapel, where you will find a fresco of Saint Catherine, and continue through the cloisters: the small one is a simple construction in stone, and the large cloister, whose Elizabethan type columns have on their upper part, medallions with Augustinian coats of arms, the symbol of death and the symbol of union between two worlds.