Cristo Rey Parish Church: It was built between 1622 and 1915. It is a temple with a colonial characteristic, dedicated to the Patron Saint of Telpaneca: Cristo Rey.
Cristo Rey Parish Church
The temple has among its glories the Altarpiece, the old Main Altar, built in 1680, in a Baroque and Plateresque Renaissance style and a baptismal font carved in rustic marble made in 1708.
On June 23, 1941, Bishop Ernesto Gutiérrez was appointed Pastor of Telpaneca. To him they attribute the merit of the construction of the front of the temple, the dome of the presbytery and the acquisition of many images that today are the object of veneration among the faithful. The Frontis includes an elegant terrace from where you get a panoramic view of the entire town. At the front of the tower was placed a clock with a mechanism of weights and ropes that signals the time with bell sounds, every quarter of an hour, ordered from Germany.
At the top of the tower was placed an image of Christ the King made of artificial stone that was brought from Spain and that was painted for the first time in the traditional colors of Christ the King in March 2004.
It is located in front of the Central Park.
La Priest House It was built in 1939, in it different old figures are preserved although its origin or date of creation is unknown
The Portal of the Chorro de la Virgen: Dedicated to the Virgin of Lourdes, it is the monument of a sculpture represented by a girl kneeling towards the Virgin.
The Portal of the Chorro de la Virgen
The devotees of the Virgin settlers hold religious meetings at this site that last all day and part of the night.
Sandino equestrian monument: It is a full-scale sculpture of General Sandino mounted on a bottlenose beast, located at the exit from Telpaneca to San Juan del Río Coco.
Urban tourism
Municipal park: It is a rest and recreation area, with platforms, benches and a large kiosk. Distributed in its surroundings is the bust of Bishop Ernesto Gutiérrez and an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
El Telpaneca Municipal Market It is a colorful place full of excitement, where you can find various edible or utilitarian products, as well as learn more about the population and its customs.
Another site of interest is the Telpaneca Bridge, a distinguished work that has lighthouses at its ends, with a lot of color, offers the visitor a wide view of the community and the Coco River. It is located 10 minutes walking from the urban center of the municipality.
El Puma Museum: It is a historic house because it is the residence of Professor Dolores del Carmen Matamoros, who was Sandino's first secretary, recruited 120 indigenous peasant soldiers to form the army defending the sovereignty of Telpaneca, her house was General Sandino's first headquarters . Raúl Medina (doña Dolores' great-nephew) keeps some instruments and letters from the Sandino war and other objects from events that occurred in the municipality during the Sandinista Revolution. It is located on the north side of Central Park.
House of the Indigenous People: It is a traditional adobe and tile house that houses the administrative offices of the Indigenous People and is the meeting place for the councils of the elderly in the municipality. There is also an incipient museum that contains archaeological remains of the territory and a map of the tourist sites of Telpaneca.
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