Why visit Chalma
Townapedia lists 10 parks and trails in and around town.
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About Chalma
Chalma is a small community, which is part of the municipality of Malinalco, Mexico State. Its small population is almost completely dedicated to the pilgrims who come to visit the Sanctuary of Chalma, the second most-important pilgrimage site in Mexico. The sanctuary is dedicated to an image of what many people describe as a "black Christ" on a cross that legend says miraculously appeared in an area cave where the worship of a deity commonly known as Oxtoteotl used to take place. Some contend that as Oxtoteotl is an aspect of Tezcatlipoca, the "Smoking Mirror," then the "black Christ" is really Tezcatlipoca, which the Spanish friars superimposed on the existing representation of Tezcatlipoca in order to convert the natives.
From the Wikipedia article Chalma, Malinalco (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds10
Churches and places of worship1
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Schools, colleges and libraries5
Escuela Secundaria Francisco Montes De Oca Cct 15des0223a
School · 0.6 km
Calle Morelos, Ocuilan
Modulo Adscrito A La Escuela Preparatoria Oficial 327
School
Independencia, Ocuilan
Healthcare1
Centro de Salud Rural de Chalma
Clinic and pharmacy · 0.6 km
Calle A Las Guitarras
Map of Chalma
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Getting there and nearby towns
General Mariano Matamoros International Airport (CVJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 21 km away.
- Cuernavaca 21 km east, about 21 min by car
- Temixco 24 km southeast, about 24 min by car
- Santiago Tianguistenco de Galeana 28 km north, about 28 min by car
- Tepoztlán 36 km east, about 36 min by car
- Metepec 40 km northwest, about 40 min by car
- Toluca 46 km northwest, about 46 min by car
- Taxco de Alarcón 45 km southwest, about 45 min by car
- Tlalpan 50 km northeast, about 50 min by car
- Xochimilco 50 km northeast, about 50 min by car
- Mexico City 64 km northeast, about 1 h by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- SanctChalmaHill, Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Peregrinos al Santuario de Chalma con nicho del Niño Jesús, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cascada rio chalma - panoramio, nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Portada del Santuario del Señor de Chalma, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chalma - panoramio (2), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Iglesia de chalma - panoramio, nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Chalma - panoramio (1), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Interior del Santuario del Señor de Chalma, Alain Sanchez, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Interior de la Iglesia de chalma - panoramio, nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Interior de la Iglesia de chalma - panoramio (1), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Retablo principal del Santuario del Señor de Chalma - 1, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Retablo principal del Santuario del Señor de Chalma - 4, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Retablo principal del Santuario del Señor de Chalma - 2, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Personas entran hincadas al Santuario del Señor de Chalma, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sacristía del Santuario del Señor de Chalma, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Retablo principal del Santuario del Señor de Chalma - 3, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Puesto con tierrita sagrada del Santuario de Chalma, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Placa en piedra sobre construcción del Santuario del Señor de Chalma, ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Santuario de Chalma de noche, Saee ache, CC BY 4.0
- Casa chalma - panoramio, nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Chalma - panoramio, nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- FacadeSanctChalma, Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0
- PINOS DE CHALMA - panoramio, BALTAZAR BUSTOS AGUI…, CC BY 3.0
- Rio - panoramio (21), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Cruz en el cerro - panoramio, nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Estacionamiento - panoramio (2), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Terminal - panoramio (18), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Terminal - panoramio (16), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Terminal - panoramio (19), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Terminal - panoramio (17), nikolas jurado cordo…, CC BY 3.0
- Untitled, Rasielom Ameisenhaufen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Exterior del Santuario del Señor de Chalma, Alain Sanchez, CC BY-SA 3.0
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