Qualla: Tlaquepaque https://qualla.com/tlaquepaque en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/e/w/t/tlaquepaque-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Tlaquepaque https://qualla.com/tlaquepaque Tlaquepaque: Introduction https://qualla.com/tlaquepaque/ Photo credit Jorge Blanco dragon, CC BY-SA 4.0. The name gives everything away. Tlaquepaque derives from Nahuatl and means "place above clay land" -- or, in another interpretation, "men who craft clay pieces." Either way, the identity of this city south of Guadalajara has been shaped by the material beneath its feet for as long as anyone can remember. Before the Spanish arrived, the Tonalteca people fashioned pottery here. Today, San Pedro Tlaquepaque is a Pueblo Mágico, designated in 2018, where blown glass catches the afternoon light in gallery windows and the smell of fired clay hangs in workshops along the Andador Independencia.

Read more: Tlaquepaque on Qualla

Image: Jorge Blanco dragon | CC BY-SA 4.0

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/e/w/t/tlaquepaque-wp/9ewt-tlaquepaque-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tlaquepaque: A Queen's Calculated Welcome https://qualla.com/tlaquepaque/ Photo credit Sr. Alvaro, CC BY-SA 4.0. When Nuño de Guzmán and his Spanish forces approached in March 1530, the indigenous population split. Queen Cihualpilli Tzapotzinco of the Tonalá kingdom, which included Tlaquepaque among its subject towns, chose diplomacy over bloodshed. She sent a delegation bearing chickens, e...

Read more: Tlaquepaque on Qualla

Image: Sr. Alvaro | CC BY-SA 4.0

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/e/w/t/tlaquepaque-wp/9ewt-tlaquepaque-a-queens-calculated-welcome.mp3 0:06 2 full Tlaquepaque: The Weight of Tribute https://qualla.com/tlaquepaque/ Photo credit Magister Mathematicae, CC BY-SA 3.0. Colonial rule remade Tlaquepaque into a tributary settlement. By 1548, Franciscan friar Antonio de Segovia had renamed it San Pedro Tlaquepaque, and the town fell under the corregimiento of Guadalajara. A 1551 census counted 1,416 inhabitants living in 177 jacales, or thatched hu...

Read more: Tlaquepaque on Qualla

Image: Magister Mathematicae | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/e/w/t/tlaquepaque-wp/9ewt-tlaquepaque-the-weight-of-tribute.mp3 0:06 3 full Tlaquepaque: Independence Passed Through Here https://qualla.com/tlaquepaque/ Photo credit Antonio Renteria Navarro, CC BY-SA 3.0. On the morning of November 26, 1810, the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla arrived in San Pedro Tlaquepaque with roughly 7,000 men, having marched from Atequiza. The town arranged him the most comfortable house available, served a grand banquet at noon, and hosted a reception that...

Read more: Tlaquepaque on Qualla

Image: Antonio Renteria Navarro | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/e/w/t/tlaquepaque-wp/9ewt-tlaquepaque-independence-passed-through-here.mp3 0:06 4 full Tlaquepaque: Clay, Glass, and the Pueblo Mágico https://qualla.com/tlaquepaque/ Photo credit Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0. Walk the Andador Independencia today and the artisan heritage that gave Tlaquepaque its name is everywhere. Galleries display hand-blown glass in jewel tones. Workshops sell pottery and papier-mâché alongside leather goods and brass work. El Parián, the town's famous gathering pl...

Read more: Tlaquepaque on Qualla

Image: Thelmadatter | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/e/w/t/tlaquepaque-wp/9ewt-tlaquepaque-clay-glass-and-the-pueblo-m-gico.mp3 0:06 5 full