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Ruta de los Conventos - The Convent Route
de Taramatacheo, que hizo posible la construcción de la Laguna de Yuriria. Fray Diego de Chávez y Alvarado llegó a la región de Yuririapúndaro, con la consigna de evangelizar y reorganizar esta encomienda colonial, que sufría por los continuos enfrentamientos con los grupos chichimecas. De Chávez comenzó una serie de obras en Yuriria que cambiaron totalmente la visión del pueblo: realizó Ia traza de las calles, repartió ejidos para su aprovechamiento, levantó un hospital para la atención de la población, que padecía una epidemia de malarin por aquella época, construyó capillas en los distintos barrios y organizó varias cofradías. La población de Yuriria reconoce la obra realizada por estes religioso y es en ese contexto que le dedica un monumento en el centro de la ciudad.
Guatemala and El Savador. Friar Diego de Chávez became monk of the Order of St. Augustine in the convent of Mexico in 1535. His teacher was Friar Juan de San Román and together they began the Founding of the most influential Augustinian religious assemblies of the time, as the Tiripetío and the Tacámbaro one. Also noteworthy for his missionary work, this religious man excelled by his knowledge of architecture and construction, one of his most notable works is perhaps the church and convent of San Agustín and the Taramatacheo channel, which made possible the construction of the Yuriria Lagoon. Friar Diego de Chávez y Alvarado came to the region of Yuririapúndaro, with the order to evangelize and reorganize this colonial entrustment, suffering the ongoing fighting with the Chichimeca groups. De Chávez began a series of works in Yuriria that totally changed the vision of the town: he did trace the streets, he divided common lands for its use, raised a hospital to take care of the population who suffered malaria at the time, built chapels in different neighborhoods and organized several fraternities. The people of Yuriria recognize this work done by this religious man and it is in this context that they dedicated him a monument in the city center.
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| Date Added | Friday, November 1st, 2019 at 11:01am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 31N E 166021 N 0 |
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