In which Yucatan town did Diego de Landa hold his 1562 auto-da-fe? In Maní.
The event took place on July 12, 1562, in the Maya town of Maní in Yucatán. Franciscan friar Diego de Landa conducted an inquisitorial investigation after discovering that some Maya communities continued practicing Indigenous religious rites alongside Christianity.
The auto-da-fe publicly announced punishments and led to the destruction of numerous Maya sacred objects, including idols, ritual items, and hieroglyphic manuscripts. The episode became one of the most notorious acts of religious repression during the Spanish conversion campaign.
Maní is sometimes confused with Izamal, where Landa had earlier worked as a missionary, or Mérida, the colonial administrative center. But the 1562 ceremony itself is specifically associated with Maní. Landa later wrote about Maya culture and writing, making his destruction of Maya texts especially controversial.