The Temple of San Mateo Churubusco is one of the few reminders of the old altepetl (Nauhatl: “City State”) of Huitzilopochco. The city-state past under control of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1428. Built in 1569, this temple was standing when the Franciscan Dieguins arrived at what was to become the nearby Churubusco Monastery,
The town of Huitzilopuchco had thereafter already begun to be called Sant Mateo. The further place-name of Churubusco was added at about the same time. But from then on Huitzilopuchco was essentially lost within the larger Churubusco, and later, Coyoacán.
Documents of the time indicate that the town had some 11 neighborhoods and two of them with finished churches. Fruit selling, salt production, basketry, ceramics, and some fishing were main sources of livelihood for town residents.
Nearest at 0.11 kms.
Nearest at 0.27 kms.
Nearest at 0.43 kms.
One of Coyoacán's great neighborhood markets in the heart of Churubusco . . .
One of Coyoacán best-known 20th-century masterworks . . .
The biggest of the central gardens for which Ciudad Jardín is named . . .
A startling mid-20th century modernist work expands over Xotepingo . . .
A great sprig of wheat sprouts over the Calzada de Tlalpan . . .