Tlaxcala City

Tlaxcala, officially Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala and the seat of the municipality of the same name. The city did not exist in the pre-Hispanic period but was laid out by the Spanish as a center of evangelization and governance after the conquest of the Aztec Empire; it was later designated a diocese but eventually lost that status to Puebla as its population declined. It retains many colonial-era structures, including the former Franciscan monastery, alongside newer civic buildings such as the Xicohtencatl Theatre.