the seventeenth century san pablo church was built on the sacred grounds of a pre-columbian solemn site zapotec and mixtec in mitl

ancient archaeological arrival aztecs built centrales century church city dead district east gave grounds hispanization honor known land means mexiconmitla mictlán mitl mitla mixtec nahuatl name oaxaca pablo part paul precolumbian prehispanic region ruins sacred saint san seventeenth site solemn spaniards this tlacolula valles was zapotec