The haciendas in the Valley of Ameca comprise a series of expansive land estates awarded to Spanish soldiers for their services in the military during the conquest of New Spain in the late 1500s.
These haciendas served as religious centers in their respective vicinities, most included capilla, or chapel, with its campanario.
These land estates were dedicated to farm labor, most in the production of mezcal, a wine made from agave plant.
All located in central Jalisco, Mexico; many of the haciendas have grown into communities and are now partly damaged, in ruins, or have been remodeled.
13 of these haciendas belong to the Ameca, 3 to San Martín de Hidalgo, 2 to Cocula, and 3 to Tala.