Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca: 4 Places to Visit

4 places with their own page in the municipality of Tlacolula de Matamoros, in the state of Oaxaca.

Map of Tlacolula de Matamoros

San Marcos Tlapazola · Town
A Zapotec village in the hills where women shape red clay pottery by hand, without a wheel, as their families have for generations.
Tlacolula · Town
Home of one of Oaxaca's oldest and biggest Sunday markets, and a Baroque chapel covered in gilded plasterwork.

Lambityeco · Archaeological site
A small Zapotec site by the highway with two striking stucco masks of Cocijo, the rain god, at a noble's house.
Yagul · Archaeological site
A Zapotec hilltop city with a big ball court, a maze-like palace and a fortress lookout over the Tlacolula Valley.