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    Temimilcingo

    Village Tlaltizapán de Zapata, Morelos Municipality of Tlaltizapán de Zapata Southern Morelos

    A village 5 km from Tlaltizapán with a 16th-century ex-convent, an atrium cross carved with the Passion and the Assumption feast on 15 August.

    From Cuernavaca: 35 min by car (31 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Temimilcingo

    • From Cuernavaca: about 35 min by road (~31 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 55 min by car to Tlaltizapán
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    About Temimilcingo

    Temimilcingo is a locality in the municipality of Tlaltizapán de Zapata, in southern Morelos, with 1,504 residents in 2020. Its Nahuatl name, from temimitl, stone column, means "place of little stone columns"; a colonial-architecture blog suggests the convent may stand on the site of an older shrine there.

    What sets the village apart is the church and ex-convent of Santa María de la Asunción. It began as a Franciscan mission and passed to the Dominicans in the mid-16th century. The facade is plain and rectangular, with a single tower and a relief of Calvary with a crown of thorns; inside are stone baptismal fonts, folk processional saints and a restored two-storey cloister. In the atrium stands a stone cross carved with Passion scenes in tightly packed panels: a crown of thorns at the crossing, three dice, a column topped by a rooster, a corn plant at the foot and a Judas with rope and purse. Its date is unknown, and it has been suggested that it survives from the Franciscan period. The September 2017 earthquake damaged it: photos from 2021 show cracks and damp in the church.

    The main feast is 15 August, for the Virgin of the Assumption, with a fair. A tourism page also mentions an ejido-run spa with warm water in the village. Tlaltizapán, 5 km away, is the municipal seat and the town where Zapata set up his headquarters.

    How to get to Temimilcingo

    Drive from Cuernavaca: 35 min, 31 km

    Temimilcingo is about 5 km from Tlaltizapán in a straight line, approx. 5 minutes by car. The state roads out of the municipal seat are Jojutla-Yautepec, Tlaltizapán-Chinameca, Tlaltizapán-Moyotepec, Tlaltizapán-Huatecalco and Zacatepec-Tlaltizapán. From Cuernavaca (23 km as the crow flies) México Desconocido estimates about 45 minutes; from Mexico City, take the Mexico-Acapulco highway south, pass Cuernavaca and exit toward Alpuyeca to join the state road to Tlaltizapán. By bus, take one from the southern terminal (Taxqueña) to Yautepec or Cuautla and then local transport to the village (México Desconocido). Few routes have a published timetable: ask in Tlaltizapán or Yautepec about the combi or taxi.

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    The feast of the Virgin of the Assumption is held on 15 August, with a fair. Wikipedia (es), Tlaltizapán · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Temimilcingo: what to see and do

    The church and ex-convent of Santa María de la Asunción, with its tower and Calvary relief.
    The atrium cross, carved with the Passion: dice, rooster, Judas with a purse.
    The two-storey cloister and the stone baptismal fonts.
    The ejido-run spa, with warm water.
    The Assumption feast on 15 August, with a fair.
    Tlaltizapán, 5 km away: the Museo de la Revolución del Sur (Zapata's barracks) and the mausoleum in the church of San Miguel Arcángel.

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    When to go to Temimilcingo warm

    Temimilcingo shares the climate of Tlaltizapán, 5 km away. The best months to visit are January, October, November, and December.

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