‘‘History of the Tehuacán’’

Tehuacán was part of the Royal Road that linked the port of Veracruz with the great Tenochtitlan, which influences so that construction of the Carmelite Temple it is intended in the current location.

Archaeological findings show that it was inhabited by village communities 8500 years before Christ. He had a major role in the process of domestication and cultivation of plants. Tehuacán found the oldest fossil of corn in the world.

In 1454 Moctezuma invaded and conquered the place for being a strategic point for subsequent conquests. The population took refuge in the colorado Hill where they were finally defeated, and after the defeat of the Aztecs on August 13, 1521 was subjected to the Spaniards.

On 16 March 1660 the Indians of the region acquire the title of "Town of Indians", gaining him with their offer to the Spaniards at that time.

During the war of independence, the city was used as a barracks military by the illustrious warlord Valerio Trujano.

In March 1862, the army French who invaded Mexican territory, is hosted in Tehuacán. The State of Puebla was under the Dominion of the imperialists of Maximiliano de Habsburgo until the year of 1867.

The economic life of Tehuacán has been active for many years. There were many wealthy families that lived there and many of them related to Spaniards, were able to develop a good economic and commercial system. The inhabitants of Tehuacán worked mainly in agriculture, trade and industry.

In Tehuacán oldest in the world, discovered the fossil of corn as well as other archaeological finds were also given.