ISacromonte ngumbono wemvelo wezintaba-mlilo. Ukusuka esigcawini sayo esincane kunikeza isithombe sokuthi iPopocatepetl ne-Iztaccíhuatl zithambekele njengegagasi elikhulu elishiya phansi idolobha elihle lase-Amecameca nemakethe yalo ehlukile, enuka ukudla okuhlukahlukene kakhulu kwe-mestizo.
Isigodlo saso esiyisikhumbuzo saseDominican saseLa Asunción (1547-1562) silawula izindlu ezinophahla oluhlanganisiwe ezenziwe ngothayela baseMarseille. ISacromonte incane futhi inomhume njengenhliziyo yayo. Kuwo uFray Martín de Valencia, isikhulu samaFranciscans okuqala ayi-12 ukufika eMexico ngo-1524, wacabanga ngoNkulunkulu kusukela ekuboneni kwakhe. Ukusuka lapho umphostoli wabheka phansi njengomxhumanisi phakathi kwalasha omabili: ubunkulunkulu nokudangala kweNdiya, umbono neqiniso.
I-friar yathambisa inyama yayo ngokuzisola futhi yehlela ukuhlwanyela enhlabathini evundile. Ushonele e-Ayotzingo (1534) futhi isidumbu sakhe saphumula iminyaka engama-30 eTlalmanalco, lapho sasintshontshwe khona singonakali yiNdiya lase-Amecameca sabe sesidluliselwa eSacromonte lapho njengengqophamlando egcizelela ukuzinikela eNkosini eNgcwele yaseSacromonte; UKristu (onesisindo esilinganiselwa kumakhilogremu amathathu) waklwebheka futhi waphonswa phansi ngesisindo somuntu owile wawahlenga. Inganekwane ithi isithombe sikaKristu sasiphethwe umnyuzi ebhokisini.
Abahambeli benyukela egqumeni bethandaza iNdlela Yesiphambano, lapho iMexico yasendulo yaphakamisa khona iziteshi eziyishumi nane noma ama-altare okukhumbula uthando lwabo lokusindisa. Umuntu othandazayo uthweswe umqhele ngezimbali kuthi lapho efika azinikele eNkosini. Yonke indawo yokwakhiwa kweSacromonte, kufaka phakathi i-Stations of the Cross, yakhiwa cishe ngo-1835 ngumpristi uJosé Guillermo Sánchez de la Barquera futhi ihambisana nesitayela se-neoclassical.
Isithombe seNkosi yeSacromonte sihlonishwa ngoLwesithathu Lomlotha. Emcimbini - onwetshiwe ngamanye amaqembu omculo - omakhelwane bakhipha isithombe ngodwendwe olunzulu.
