Yayin tafiyarku zuwa jihar Hidalgo, kuyi amfani da damar don ziyartar wannan garin, na mulkin mallaka, inda zaku yaba da gine-ginen tsohuwar cocinsa, tare da jin daɗin kewayenta: tafkin Atezca da tsaunuka.
Tana da nisan kilomita 92. na Pachuca. Sunan asali dole ne Molanco, "wurin allahn Mola"; haikalin da wakilcin allah sun lalace Fray Antonio de Roa tare da taimakon wasu masu addini. Itace mafi tsufa gidauniya tunda tayi daidai da 1538. Babban cocin da aka sadaukar shine na San Miguel kuma ranakun da za'a gina katafaren gidan zuhudun ana tsammanin sune shekarun 1540-1550. Santa María Molango ya kasance fifiko kuma ya ba da garuruwa 19 da ziyara 38. Sai da shekarar 1751, lokacin da aka maida ita duniya.
An gina hadaddun a kan ƙasa mai tsayi. Icofar soro tana da gyare-gyare, shinge mai haɗa kai yana kewaye shi kuma yana ba da damar shiga ta buɗewa biyu, ɗayan gefen yamma yana da kyau sosai, haɗe shi da tsani wanda yake buɗe kamar fan. Ba mu da bayanai a kan bude ɗakin sujada ya wanzu. An rasa gicciyen atrial, kazalika da ɗakin sujada. Belfry ya banbanta da ginin, wanda shine sabon bayani game da tsarin gine-gine.
Adon facade yana wajen buɗewa. An kawata baka da ganyen Elizabethan, furanni da lu'lu'u. Intrados (wanda shine gefen ciki na baka ko vault ko kuma fuskar ɓangaren da ya samar da farfajiyar ciki) na baka da kuma fuskokin ciki na jamb suna da sauƙin mala'iku; Aiki ne mai matukar fadi wanda ke nuna amfani da 'yan asalin yankin.
Wani ɗan gajeren kwaskwarima don tuna cewa tsarin decoatequitl dole ne yayi aiki a cikin ƙungiyar aiki, ma'ana, ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata waɗanda suka rarraba ayyuka, kasancewarsu ya zama tilas. A saman ƙofar akwai taga ta tashi wacce ke ba da damar kunna waƙa. Wannan murfin yana taƙaita duk tasirin da aka karɓa daga Turai: na soyayya, na Gothic, na Renaissance, wanda, tare da takamaiman indan asalin ,an asalin, suka ba wa fasaharmu sa hannu. Ciki mai sauƙi ne kamar yadda ya rasa bagade. Kotun daga inda mai addini zai iya jin taro ba tare da saukowa zuwa cocin ba an kiyaye shi kuma hakan yana magana kai tsaye tare da babban ma'aikacin. Cocin a cikin wannan yanayin an rufe shi da rufin katako, na yanzu aiki ne na kwanan nan (1974). Jigon gidan zuhudun ya lalace sosai, amma ta hanyar ginshiƙan da suka rage, har yanzu yana nuna ladabi da nutsuwa.
Juyar da kungiyoyi a cikin Saliyo Alta ya kasance mai tafiyar hawainiya da tilastawa, yawancin addinai, waɗanda an manta sunayensu, sun ba da gudummawar yashi ga wannan kasuwancin mulkin mallaka. 'Yan asalin ƙasar sun sannu a hankali don kallon sufaye na Augustine suna tashi suna faɗuwa daga tsaunuka zuwa zurfin kwari da kogo. Kulawa, soyayya, tawali'u, da kuma uba ta wasu addinai sun sami kambi ta hanyar lashe zukata da rayukan masu aminci. Ko a yanzu, a ƙarshen ƙarni na 20, ana nuna talauci, ci baya, rashin kyawawan ƙasashe da hanyoyi waɗanda ke ba wa waɗannan rukunin damar rayuwa da mutunci. Har yanzu muna jin Otomí yana magana a nan, muna yawo cikin tituna da kasuwanni muna jin cewa Roas da yawa da Sevilla da yawa ana buƙatar waɗanda, tare da irin wannan ruhun sabis ɗin, suka juya idanunsu suka yi aiki don taimaka musu. Aikin abu yana nan, yana jira don ziyarta, Kuma fiye da kowane abu da za'a fahimta, kowane dutse yana da dalilin kasancewa. A cikin Saliyo Alta da alama lokaci ya tsaya, ya wuce a hankali cewa matafiyin nan ba da daɗewa ba zai ji daɗin abin da ya gabata.
