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Huatusco is the better-known name of "Huatusco de Chicuellar", a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Xalapa– Mexico City railroad and was founded by Italian immigrants. It is bordered by Calcahualco, the state of Puebla, Ixhuatlán del Café and Federal Highway 180.
The church of San Antonio de Padua is the oldest in Huatusco; it is important It has an image of Antonio de Pàdua Saint and it is like 20 meters high, it is inside the Church, and the church is one of the biggest of all state of Veracruz, and there is an important church on a hill, it is called "Cerro de Guadalupe" and every year on December 11 and 12 catholic people goes to the church to celebrate Guadalupe's virgin day. The priest celebrates with a mass; after that, people stay around the hill and have a picnic. Huatusco is very important for growing coffee, sugar cane and other fruits.
Huatusco is a small quiet town during the week, it has several hotels, the most important is "Los Cocuyos" which it has a nice golf course to play, and there is Hotel Huatusco, too. There are also more economical hotels there. The food is delicious and cheap, the coffee is great, Huatusco is surrounded by important hills like, Cerro de ecatepec, Cerro de Elotepec, and mostly by the Sierra Madre Orientale. So many years ago, Huatusco was called "La Ciudad de los Pianos", because in every house there was a piano, people enjoyed playing the piano, there so much history about it, and specially remarkable people.
In Huatusco you can find several typical food, plants flowers, edible roots, vegetables,and fruits. Huatusco also has an important history. The name of Huatusco de Chicuellar comes a story that somebody wanted to buy the town to start industries, and there was a person who paid the price in order to not sell the town. For that reason it is called Huatusco de Chicuellar who was a not very rich farmer.
The town "Colonia Manuel González", near Huatusco, was formed by many Italian immigrants who came mainly from Milan, Genova and Venice with some Sicilians and Napolese. The town retains many Italian traditions, and the language is being brought back since it was in a state of extinction. The town looks typically Italian.
From 1902 to 1953 Huatusco was served by the Córdoba and Huatusco Railroad narrow gauge railroad.
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Huatusco is an archaeological site located in the Carrillo Puerto municipality, near the small, almost deserted town of Santiago Huatusco, on the northern bank of the Rio Atoyac in the Rancho El Fortin. The importance of the site due to the nearly undamaged pyramid from prehispanic times, the largest part of the actual temple is still standing, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
The city was a Nahuatl speaking capital and probably an Aztec garrison developed by the name of Cuauhtochco in prehispanic times. Upon the conquest of Mexico, this garrison was defeated in November 1521, after the fall of Tenochtitlan by Gonzalo de Sandoval.
During the colonial period the area was of little interest due to the rapid depopulation, a small number of prehispanic religious buildings remain unnoticed and therefore unharmed. While the postclassical pyramid of Castillo de Teayo is well known and frequently visited, probably took visitors from this site to Huatusco, Veracruz. This may be due to site name confusion, because the place where this site is located, Santiago Huatusco, is about 70 km south-east from the city Huatusco also known as Hustusco de Chicuellar. In addition, access to the small settlement of Santiago Huatusco, where the site is located, is rather cumbersome.