Parish of San Francisco de Asís

English: , Parish of San Francisco de Asís , The village of Soyaniquilpan was founded by the otomí people and during Prehispanic times, was under the influence of the Manor of Xilotepec, so that when the latter became a mexica domain, Soyaniquilpan also began to pay taxes to Tenochtitlán., After the conquest, the region was divided into parcels and when these disintegrated various important haciendas emerged, such as La Goleta and San Antonio, which had a big boom in the late XVIIth century. , The evangelization was in charge of the Franciscans, who began building the church of San Francisco in 1580. This is a building with all the features of the Franciscan architecture of the time. Its facade is simple, but elegant, with plateresque touches, some of which were subsequently added. In addition to the effigy of St. Francis itself, the church has a beautiful altarpiece of the Virgen de la Luz which was done in the XVIIIth century. , It is assumed that, near the church, there is an ancient inn that belongs to the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, where it is said that Maximilian of Austria himself spent the night on his way to Querétaro where he was captured and shot by the Republican troops in 1867. His enemy, President Benito Juárez, also stayed the same year in a house near the center of town. . This historical marker was erected by Gobierno del Estado de México. It is in San Francisco Soyaniquilpan in Soyaniquilpan Mexico State Mexico