Zonas Arqueológica de Cacaxtla Xochitecatl

Cacaxtla. Located southwest of the state, 40 minutes from the city of Tlaxcala, is a set of murals considered the best preserved of the pre-Hispanic era among which stand out for its uniqueness and symbolism the "Bird Man" and the "Jaguar Man". They belonged to the Olmec Xicalanca Culture and were discovered on September 13, 1975. They were painted between 750 and 800 A.D. It has a site museum where extraordinary pieces that were found in the place are exhibited.

Xochitecatl. It is a group of monuments that has a singular importance for being one of the oldest settlements in the Tlaxcala, Puebla valley. The monuments and archaeological pieces from this site are an exemplary example of the cult to the mountains and fertility, very characteristic features of Mesoamerican religions.

Xochitécatl was the most important ceremonial center of the population scattered throughout the valley and home to many generations of people for approximately nine centuries. Its beginnings date back to the Middle Preclassic of Mesoamerica. It was abandoned by its inhabitants in the first century of the Christian era, due to the eruption of the Popocatepetl volcano.