Tenexac
At 2,500 meters (8,200 ft.) above sea level, Hacienda San Pedro TENEXAC mushrooms from the prickly pear and maguey covered plains of the central State of Tlaxcala. Encased by Mexico’s prominent snow shrouded volcanoes Ixtaccihuatl (Nahuatl meaning “White Women” romanticized as the “Sleeping Lady”), Citlaltepetl (“Morning Star”), Malintzin (“Grand Señor”) and Tenexac’s own Tlacajolo or “Smoke Eater” that faces off across a breathtaking plateau with Popocatepetl which in Nahuatl means “Smoking Mountain” - only Tenexac masters this unmatchable view that has provoked excitement and inspiration for artists from all over the globe.
The area on which the Hacienda is situated was first populated by the otomí tribe which allied with the mexica and tlaxcalteca nations preserved their cultures during centuries. In 1520 Captain Hernán Cortez with the first 16 horses to hoofprint the Americas galloped across what was known as Tenexac (“Limestone Knoll”) to conquer Tenoxtitlan (translated as “Where men become Gods.”)
History has always mantled Tenexac; during the 1846 North American invasion of Mexico then 1st Lieutenant and future President Ulysses S. Grant and his famous Civil War nemesis Captain Robert E. Lee rode and foraged together towards what had become Mexico City through some of Tenexac’s original 12,500 hectares (308,875 acres) divided between 78 ranch sections and 45 range base camps.