[1][2] It is located on federal highway 115 which leads to Cuautla, which is called the Volcano Route (Ruta de los Volcanes).

[1] Amecameca area is a popular resort destination for visitors from Mexico City, Puebla and Morelos, owing to its mountain scenery, food scene, and other attractions.

Religious practices in this area were mostly performed in urban temples and shrines located on mountaintops and caves.

In 1521, the leaders here were Quetzalmazatzin and his brother Tecuanxayacatzin due to the help they gave Cortés in conquering Tenochtitlan.

In 1525, Martín de Valencia set fire to the local priests' houses on the Amaqueme Mountain (Sacromonte), and in 1527 construction of the Franciscan monastery began.

[2] The raising of European foodstuffs such as wheat and sheep began early with commercial agriculture becoming the basis of the economy by 1550.

In 1861, the settlement gained official town status from the state due to its historical and economic importance.

[2] In the last 19th and early 20th century, Amecameca was the scene of several industrialization projects including a beer brewery, wheat mills and workshops producing saddles and metal objects.

Until the Mexican Revolution, most of the arable land in the area was owned by large haciendas such as the Tomacoco, Coapexco and Panohaya.

The area was important to rebels as it provided materials such as paper, wood, alcohol, charcoal and foodstuffs.

The reason for the suspension was that it would cover nearly a city block and damage older buildings protected by the federal agency.

[9] As municipal seat, the town of Amecameca is the local governing authority for more than 130 other named communities,[10] which over an area of 181.72km2.

[2] The Sierra Nevada is the most important geographical feature of the region and forms the eastern border of the municipality.

The average altitude in these mountains is 4,000 meters above sea level with the highest elevations at the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl volcanos.

Green means that the volcano is quiet, yellow that there is activity and caution is advised and red indicates a current or imminent eruption.

Market days are Monday, Wednesday and Sunday when the town is covered in portable stalls in a tradition called the tianguis.

The main hacienda building houses the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Museum; it is featured in the reverse of the $200 pesos Mexican note.

The hacienda's main building now serves as the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Museum, run by INAH.

Much of the rest of the hacienda land is leased to a recreational park which is best known for its petting zoo which contains tame deer.

It is a business that was conceived forty years ago as a way to help preserve the forest here as well as benefit economically.

The park also hosts food stalls and a Christmas market, selling about 30,000 trees per year and employing 50 permanent and 250 seasonal workers.

The only problem the forest experiences is that the enterprise is so popular that the roads leading to the area are jammed with traffic.

[13][14] Lesser-known attractions include the Eco Parque San Pedro, the Temazcal Park and the Agua Viva monastery.

It stands at 2870 meters above sea level, very close to the Puebla state line and has a cold, wet climate.

It is a recreational area for sports such as hiking and also contains the second largest labyrinth of its type in the world created with over 38,000 cedar trees over an extension of 10,000m2.

It contains a variety of pine trees and medicinal plants and is home to white tailed deer, foxes and other wildlife.

[16] The Agua Viva (Living Water) monastery is a Dominican institution located at the foothills of Iztaccíhuatl.