Tlaxcala mexico s smallest state was once home to the ancient olmeca xicalanca civilization. Tlaxcala is a land locked state situated on the trans mexican volcanic belt the average altitude for the state is 2 230 meters above sea level making it a bit higher than the valley of mexico just to the southwest.
Spanish colonial history lienzo de tlaxcala image depicting tlaxcaltec soldiers leading a spanish soldier to chalco the tlaxcaltecs served as allies to hernán cortés and his fellow spanish conquistadors and were instrumental in the invasion of tenochtitlan capital of the aztec empire helping the spanish reach the valley of anahuac and.
Tlaxcala colonial. Tlaxcallān tɬaʃ ˈká lːaːn place of maize tortillas was a pre columbian city and state in central mexico. Tlaxcala is home to three famous bullrings. Some aspects of aztec culture such as the language survive.
Cortés and the confederacy of tlaxcala allied to militarily defeat the aztecs who were further weakened by a smallpox epidemic in 1520 1521 and subsequent outbreaks. During the spanish conquest of the aztec empire tlaxcala allied with the spaniards against the aztecs supplying a large contingent for and at times the majority of the spanish led army that eventually destroyed the aztec empire. The city did not exist during the pre hispanic period but was laid out by the spanish as a center of evangelization and governance after the spanish conquest of the aztec empire.
The western part of the state lies on the central plateau of mexico while the east is dominated by the sierra madre oriental home of the 4 461 meter la malinche volcano. Aztec hegemonic structure was re appropriated to serve the spanish colonialists. Tla k sˈkala is the capital city of the mexican state of tlaxcala and seat of the municipality of the same name.
The most popular is. Tlaxcala officially tlaxcala de xicohténcatl spanish.
