Archaeological Museum of Xochimilco
This museum has a wide range of exhibits from the region’s past, including ancient bones and Indian artwork. These include the gigantic mammoth bones of 10,000 years; including representations of Tlaloc (God of the water and the life), of Ehecatl (God of the wind), of Xipe Totec (God of the renovation and plants), and of Huehueteotl (God of the fire); ceramics of polychrome; carved elm tree; and tombs that demonstrate funeral practices. A unique piece is a figure of the clay of a boy who maintains a branch of flowers.
Attraction type: Ancient ruins
Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño
The Museum Dolores Olmedo Patiño opened to its doors to the public the 17 of September of 1994. The colonial building, that dates from century XVI, lodged the Property of the Chain dump and at the present time it keeps the collections from art of Mrs. Dolores Olmedo Patiño. This museum is located in the Federal District (City of Mexico); in the Xochimilco delegation, name in Nahuatl, that means? The cultivated land of flowers? or? In the field of flowers. The more important economic activity of Xochimilco throughout its history was agriculture, by means of the construction
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
Xochimilco (Scenic/Leisure)
Temple of Santo Tomás Xochimilco : Oaxaca City
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Alameda Central [Historic District] : Mexico City
Alameda Central is a downtown oasis of greenery, fountains and statuary. The imposing Palacio de Bellas Artes, a performing arts venue and a must-see for its art-deco interior, is next to the park. In the part of the Centro Historico between Alameda Central and the Zocalo are several impressive buildings and museums, including the Palacio de Iturbide (an Italian baroque palace), Casa de Azulejos (the House of Tiles), the Correo Central (the lovely main post office), the Museo Nacional de Arte (a grand building with Mexican art exhibits) and Museo de Franz Mayer (religious
Floating Gardens of Xochimilco
Xochimilco became recognized as a tourist attraction in its own right in the 1920s. In the southern neighborhood of Xochimilco are more than 82km (51 miles) of canals known as the "Floating Gardens." Often you would see friends with 2 or 3 boats joined side by side. They would be having a party, reunion or celebration complete with lots of food, wine, beer or tequila and naturally the happy sounds of the mariachis. What a fun way to spend a Saturday or Sunday. In the past this was the main market for growing flowers and vegetables. Now
Templo Mayor and Museo del Templo Mayor (Great Temple)
Inaugurated on October 12, 1987, this site museum preserves, exhibits and publicizes information on archaeological materials excavated over the course of several seasons of work conducted by the Templo Mayor Project, from 1978 to the present. Templo Mayor (Great Temple) was the principal temple of the Aztecs, believed to mark the centre of the universe. It was part of the sacred complex of the ancient city of Tenochtitlán, and today it has been excavated to show the multiple layers of construction, viewed from a raised walkway with explanatory material available. The
Convent of San Bernardino de Siena
This sixteenth building of the century is observed for its petals of the flower cut out of stone -- a signature of the Indians who made most of work -- in the sixteenth retables of the century, including one from three of such altarpieces in the country which miraculeusement was miraculeusement preserved by more than 400 years. The Indian governor passed of Xochimilco, Apoxquiyohuatzin, is buried here. Inside and on the right, the cranium on the source is of a rack of cranium what is pre-Hispanico by meaning mixture of the Indian-Christian of the concept
Iran's artifacts selected to Mexico Museum
The selected articles by the experts of Iranian and Mexican museums have been sent to the restoration workshop of Iran?s National Museum to be examined whether or not they can be sent to Mexico to be displayed, said CHN.
The exhibition of the ?10,000 Years of Iranian Art? will be held in Mexico City on April 2006, displaying several artifacts from the pre-historic era to the end of Qajar dynasty.
Last month, a Mexican Museum expert came to Tehran and selected some items in the National Museum of Iran with the cooperation of some Iranian experts
Mexico digs up Aztec sacrificial stone
Mexican archaeologists have dug past phone lines, electricity cables and a traffic light under chaotic city streets to excavate a large sculptured stone that was part of an Aztec sacrificial temple.
The Templo Mayor museum said on Friday the stone, dating from the 15th or 16th centuries and shaped like a round "biznaga" cactus, was discovered last October in the centre of Mexico City.
It took 10 months to receive permission from a telephone company, a electricity utility, city hall and archaeological authorities to dig under the road to reach the stone, which is 77cm
