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Plaza de Santo Domingo : Mexico City

Plaza de Santo Domingo Plaza Santo Domingo has a scale and use that makes it one of the city's great urban spaces. Proportions, dimensions, height of buildings to width of plaza, are appropriately humane. Tactile, somatic experiences abound. This is what has attracted me to Mexico: the way public urban space is scaled, varies and inter-weaves: Santo Domingo, contrasting, and connected, to el Zocalo demonstrates this. Also found in the plaza are the Palacio de la Inquisición, which now houses a nursery school, and the church of Santo Domingo, which are all that remains of New Spain's first Dominican convent. Closely related

Oaxaca Regional Museum (Museo Regional de Oaxaca): Oaxaca

Oaxaca Regional Museum (Museo Regional de Oaxaca): Oaxaca The Oaxaca Regional Museum is located inside the enchanting exconvent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Some of its recently redesigned rooms contain important samples of prehispanic and colonial history and culture. It is housed in a beautiful green stone building attached to Santo Domingo Church. It contains the Zapotec treasures from Tomb Seven at Monte Albán. This and other archaeological sections make the most sense if you visit them after seeing some sites in the Central Valleys. Hours: The museum is generally open from 10 am. to 8 pm., Tuesday to Sunday. Entry

Temple of Santo Tomás Xochimilco : Oaxaca City

Temple of Santo Tomás Xochimilco : Oaxaca City We are coming with the information soon...

Soledad Church near the Zocalo: Oaxaca City

Soledad Church near the Zocalo: Oaxaca City We are coming with the information soon...

Santo Cachorro: Guadalajara

Santo Cachorro: Guadalajara We are in process of collecting information about this sight....

Tule Tree (Arbol del Tule) : Oaxaca City

Tule Tree( Arbol del Tule): Oaxaca City Arbol del Tule is Mexico's most famous tree, and some say the world's largest single biomass. The Tule tree and its environs comprise a unique natural monument, an attraction for locals and visitors alike. These massive trees can live up to 2,000 years. Of the eight tule trees in this locality, the one known as El Arbol del Tule is the oldest and largest, with a circumference of about 54 m/177 ft. Near the City of Oaxaca, in the town of Santa Maria del Tule, there are 8 great ahuehuetes (Taxodium mucronatum). One of

Teatro Macedonio de Alcalá: Oaxaca City

Teatro Macedonio de Alcalá: Oaxaca City Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, which as well as being a working theatre houses a collection of romantic art is one of the attractions in the Oaxaca City. This beautiful 1903 Belle Epoque theater, 2 blocks east of the zócalo, holds 1,300 people and is still used for concerts and performances in the evening. Peek through the doors to see the marble stairway and Louis XV vestibule. Sometimes, a list of events is posted on the doors.

Oaxaca : State of Oaxaca

The city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca (formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honour of 19th-century president and national hero Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital and main city of the Mexican state of the same name. It is located in the Oaxaca Valley in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains, at 17°07′ N 96°72′ W. The important Monte Albán archaeological site is close to the city. In 2003 the estimated population was 259,600 people. Oaxaca is far more than a tourist destination, and tourism does not dominate the city's life. Nonetheless, it does have a significant tourist trade, based on

Acolman

Acolman is 35 km northeast of Mexico City and is easily visited after La Basilica de Guadalupe and on the way to Teotihuacan. It has the formidable fortress-like convent and church of San Agusti'n. This dates from 1539-60, with much delicate detail on the facade and some interesting murals inside. Note the fine portal and the carved stone cross at the entrance to the atrium. An interesting architectural feature is the open-chapel just above and to the right of the main entrance. While Mass was being celebrated inside the monastery for the benefit of the Spaniards, the spiritual needs of

Temple of the Consolación : Oaxaca City

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