Temple of Tzintzuntzan photo copyrighted by: Mexico Connect Tzintzuntzan was founded in the 13th century by the Native American Tarascan or Purepecha nation, in whose language the name
means "Place of the Hummingbirds". At the time
of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, beginning in 1519, Tzintzuntzan was the capital of the Tarascan Empire, the most powerful cultural and political group in west
central Mexico.
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