Chiapa de Corzo
The main square is surrounded by arcades, the building of the Municipal Town Hall and the house of Don Ángel Albino Corzo, a liberal member of the First Constituent Congress. The square also houses the centuries-old ceiba or pochota, a sacred tree that tradition links to the founding of the city; the clock tower is also located here, imitating the architecture of the fountain or pila itself.
Other points of interest that the city has are its neighborhood chapels, such as that of San Jacinto or El Calvario, which holds a magnificent Renaissance altarpiece carved in wood with the theme of the Crucifixion; the ruins of the colonial temple of San Sebastián, or the pre-Hispanic ruins from the Preclassic and Classic periods, and the Marimba Museum, belonging to the Nandayapa Vargas family, who, continuing the family tradition of making marimbas, offer those who visit them a tour of the workshop, where you can see the wood in its natural state and its step-by-step evolution until it becomes the internationally renowned artistic instrument. The Nandayapa family even presents a complete lecture on the origins and evolution of the marimba, which so stirs the emotion and joy of Chiapas.
Other points of interest that the city has are its neighborhood chapels, such as that of San Jacinto or El Calvario, which holds a magnificent Renaissance altarpiece carved in wood with the theme of the Crucifixion; the ruins of the colonial temple of San Sebastián, or the pre-Hispanic ruins from the Preclassic and Classic periods, and the Marimba Museum, belonging to the Nandayapa Vargas family, who, continuing the family tradition of making marimbas, offer those who visit them a tour of the workshop, where you can see the wood in its natural state and its step-by-step evolution until it becomes the internationally renowned artistic instrument. The Nandayapa family even presents a complete lecture on the origins and evolution of the marimba, which so stirs the emotion and joy of Chiapas.
