AttractionIglesia de San José (Church)Xalapa

Located in the old neighborhood of Techacapan, at the end of the alley "Jesus te ampare". The Temple or Church of San Jose was built in 1535 and modified between 1768 and 1770. It belongs to an architectural complex formed by a barracks and a market and is the oldest parish of Xalapa. In the interior of this beautiful building of colonial baroque style can be seen three naves, an atrium, a beautiful wooden altarpiece and several elements of  strong reminiscent Mudejar with columns that support arches in the form of horseshoe  This church witnessed the baptize of the childeren of the President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada and other distinguished people from Xalapa of the nineteenth century and housed the corpse of  Maximiliano body when he was taken to Veracruz and boarded him to Europe.