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Valladolid MEX - Iglesia De San Servacio

In Valladolid downtown there is a church of Saint Servatius on the south side of the main square. It substitutes the one erected on 24 March 1545 by Father Francisco Hernandez, in which the main facade looked towards the West, as most colonial times temples in Yucatan. In 1705, the original church was partially demolished by order of Bishop Don Pedro de los Reyes Rios because of it’s profanation on the so called “Crime of the Mayors”.

 

In 1706 begins the construction of the church we see today. It was given a new orientation to look towards the main square, which is the reason why the facade of this church looks towards the north, instead of west.

 

Valladolid (Saki' in Maya) is a city located in the Yucatan Peninsula situated in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Yucatán. Valladolid is in the inland eastern part of the state of Yucatan and it's the head seat of Valladolid Municipality

 

At the census of 2010 the population of the city was 45,868 inhabitants (the third-largest community in the state), and that of the municipality was 74,217.

 

The municipality has an areal extent of 945.22 km² and includes many outlying communities, the largest of which are Popolá, Kanxoc, Yalcobá, and Xocén. Valladolid is located approximately 160 km east of the capital of the state of Yucatán Mérida Yucatán and 40 km east of Chichen Itza As well Approx. 150 km. west of Cancun and 130 km northwest of Playa del Carmen and Tulum

 

On August 30, 2012, Valladolid became part of the Pueblo Mágico El Programa Pueblos Mágicos ("Magical Villages Programme") which is an initiative led by the Mexican tourism dept.to display influential towns in Mexico based on their natural beauty, cultural riches, or historical relevance to the country.

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