HOUSE OF CULTURE.
What we know today as La Casa de la Cultura Maya was home of General Venancio Puc until 1862 and home to the second government of the former Santa Cruz Balam NojKaj Naj. This building was built in the year of 1854-1856, while the church was being built NojCah Balam Nah. The Maya rebels, having captured several teachers initially allocated the halls of this building to function as classrooms for the children of chiefs and generals Maya. That women and men punished Yucatan caught when they disobeyed the law of this holy town. Its construction was strategically located near the church Bala’an Naj, as the Mayans performed “Guards” of the Tres Cruces from 1854-1900 and 1918-1929. Continuar leyendo