Atotonilco Sanctuary of God

Atotonilco is a beautiful out sanctuary built in 1748. It is a World Heritage Site, included in the San Miguel de Allende WHS. It is several miles out of SMA in a very small village. Atotonilco means "Place of the Hot Waters". The sanctuary was built by Father Alfaro who traveled the area preaching to the locals in the 1700s. It has a main temple and several chapels all covered with beautiful paintings depicting the life of Christ, and also inscriptions of his poetry. Each year, one of the statues of Jesus in the sanctuary is walked in procession to San Miguel de Allende.