Tlaxcala
A bit of history, as, well, it’s extra-relevant. The pre-Hispanic Tlaxcalans were among the few real threats to the Aztecs (also the Toltec), and so Cortés requested an alliance. The Tlaxcalans, however, hadn’t gotten that way by being friendly, and rather beat the crap out of the Spanish for a little while before sparing them, even according to the Spaniards’ own accounts. Yet, they were suitably impressed, and felt Cortés would make a suitable tool/ally in taking over the Aztecs. The leaders of Tlaxcala willingly, perhaps blindly, converted to Christianity. His friends the leaders welcomed victorious Cortés after the conquest of the Aztecs? How did he reward them? He destroyed their city and temples, rebuilt ‘em Spanish-like, and continued on his little game.
This state capital located between Mexico City and Puebla isn’t exactly flourishing- the some 15,000 people don’t feel the regional pride that almost every Mexican expresses at every opportunity, particularly if you start drinking and they feel the need to match you. Those Mexican tourists (not so many foreigners: “statistically insignificant”) that see fit to visit the city for the scant nightlife or the history do so briefly and with an almost... reluctance. Though this history got to me, I went to see the small nearby town of Cacaxtla, which hosts the gorgeous ruins of the same name and another site 2 km away by the name of Xochitécatl.
This state capital located between Mexico City and Puebla isn’t exactly flourishing- the some 15,000 people don’t feel the regional pride that almost every Mexican expresses at every opportunity, particularly if you start drinking and they feel the need to match you. Those Mexican tourists (not so many foreigners: “statistically insignificant”) that see fit to visit the city for the scant nightlife or the history do so briefly and with an almost... reluctance. Though this history got to me, I went to see the small nearby town of Cacaxtla, which hosts the gorgeous ruins of the same name and another site 2 km away by the name of Xochitécatl.