Tepoztlán Ex Convento Museum

The church was built by the Tepoztecan Indians under the orders of the Dominican friars between 1555 and 1580, dedicated to the Virgin of the Nativity.

The capillas posas were invented in Nueva España for the instruction of large crowds of Indigenous, and their use later spread to Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia.

[2] The convent was built with carved stones joined with lime mortar, sand, and vegetable binders.

The walls of the church are high, supported by buttresses; these were probably added because of fears that earthquakes might otherwise damage the building.

[3] Despite large windows, the interior of the church is dark and the only architecturally significant piece besides the ceiling is a stone door with the shield of the Dominicans that leads to the abbey.

On the right side there is an altar with a sculpture of Christ, another of the Our Lady of Sorrows with four young girls dressed in black, and St. Dimas (the Good Thief).