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Mexico
Baja California
Baja California is a peninsula. The southern part is semi-desert.
Mexico
Baja California
Table mountains in central Baja California.
Mexico
Baja California
San Lucas is on the southern tip of Baja California.
Mexico
Chihuahua
The Rio Fuerte near the Pacific coast.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Mountains of central Chihuahua.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Forested mountains in Chihuahua.
Mexico
Chihuahua
The Tamahumara live in the central highlands of Chihuahua.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Mountainous river valley in central Chihuahua.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Copper Canyon
Steep valleys and mountains near Copper Canyon.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Copper Canyon
The 2000m deep Copper Canyon.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Creel
Tamahumara cave dwelling in Creel.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Creel
Village church (1744) near Creel.
The interior is painted by the Tamahumara people of the Copper Canyon.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Creel
Creel Lake at 2300m.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Basihuare Canyon.
Mexico
Chihuahua
Tamahumara woman near Basihuare.
Mexico
Zacatecas
Zacatecas (2400m) is a silver mining town.
Mexico
Zacatecas
The Cathedral in Zacatecas is carved from red sand stone and dates from 1752.
Mexico
Zacatecas
The 19th century theatre in Zacatecas.
Mexico
Zacatecas
Meso American masks used for festivals (Zacatecas).
Mexico
Jalisco
Guadalajara
The Cathedral (1616) in the centre of Guadalajara (1550m), Mexico's second largest city.
Mexico
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Plaza Tapatia in Guadalajara.
Mexico
Guanajuato
Guanajuato (2017m) is a pretty Spanish colonial town.
Mexico
Guanajuato
Artist in Guanajuato.
Mexico
Michoacan
Patzcuaro
The pretty town of Patzcuaro is the centre of the Tarascan people.
Mexico
Michoacan
Patzcuaro
Patzcuaro (2175m) has distinctively painted houses.
Mexico
Michoacan
Lake Patzcuaro
Patzcuaro Lake is dotted with islands and surrounded by mountains.
Mexico
Michoacan
Lake Patzcuaro
Island on Patzcuaro Lake.
Mexico
Michoacan
Lake Patzcuaro
Janitzio Island on misty Lake Patzcuaro.
Mexico
Michoacan
Lake Patzcuaro
Tarascan woman on Janitzio Island.
Mexico
Michoacan
Tzintzuntzan
Tzintzuntzan is the 14th century capital of the Tarascans.
The city never fell to the Aztecs. The curved structure is unusual in Central America.
Mexico
Michoacan
Angahuan
Angahuan is a Tarascan village.
Mexico
Mexico City
The Zocalo (main square) is the centre of the city. The cathedral was built from the ruins of an Aztec pyramid.
Mexico
Mexico City
The 18th century National Palace is the seat of the country's government.
Mexico
Mexico City
Mural by Diego Rivera in the National Palace in Mexico City showing the Aztec capital on the site of Mexico City.
Mexico
Mexico City
People at the Zocalo.
Mexico
Mexico City
Traditional Aztec dancers at the Zocalo (main square) in Mexico City.
Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world.
It was built on the site of the Aztec capital by the Spanish.
Mexico
Mexico City
Grinding corn for making tortillas in Mexico City.
Mexico
Mexico City
Shining shoes in the park, Mexico City.
Mexico
Mexico City
Statue of Cuitlahuac, the last Aztec emperor in the Zona Rosa (Mexico City).
Mexico
Mexico City
Mexicans enjoying Sunday at Xochimilco on boats called trajineras.
Mexico
Mexico City
Coyoacan
The suburb of Coyoacan in Mexico City.
Mexico
Mexico City
Coyoacan
The Casa Azul (Blue House), home of the artist Frida Kahlo.
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
The Aztec stone calendar is the centrepiece of the National Museum in Mexico City.
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Aztec mask excavated from the Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo.
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Toltec chacmul (National Museum, Mexico City).
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Mayan relief from the National Museum in Mexico City.
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Mayan codex (National Museum, Mexico City)
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
The Mayan king, Pakal, in Mexico City's National Museum.
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Otomi paperwork, National Museum (Mexico City).
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Cora beadwork in Mexico's National Museum.
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Olmec figure (National Museum, Mexico City).
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Stone relief of an Olmec priest (National Museum, Mexico City).
Mexico
Mexico City
National Museum
Pre 1200 BC Meso American figure of an acrobat.
Mexico
Mexico
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán (just outside Mexico City) was founded c 200 BC.
The city covered 156 square kilometres and housed 200,000 people.
Mexico
Mexico
Teotihuacán
The Street of the Dead at Teotihuacan.
Mexico
Mexico
Teotihuacán
The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan is the third largest in the world.
It is 225m square and 63m high and dates from 100 AD.
Mexico
Mexico
Teotihuacán
Details from the Temple of Quetzlcoatl in Teotihuacan.
Mexico
Mexico
Teotihuacán
Mural of an eagle at Teotihuacan.
Mexico
Mexico
Malinalco
Malinalco is a ceremonial Aztec site close to Mexico City.
Mexico
Hidalgo
Tula
Tula was capital of the Toltecs between 950 and 1150 AD.
Mexico
Hidalgo
Tula
The 4.5m high Atlantes Warriors at Tula.
Mexico
Morelos
Tepotzlan
Tepotzlan is a Nahua village surrounded by hills.
Mexico
Morelos
Tepotzlan
The market in Tepotzlan.
Mexico
Morelos
Tepotzlan
Forested mountains near Tepotzlan.
Mexico
Morelos
Xochicalco
Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent, at Xochicalco, a ceremonial centre dating from 7th century AD.
Mexico
Guerrero
Taxco
The beautiful colonial city of Taxco at 1660m, once the centre of a silver mining region.
Mexico
Guerrero
Taxco
Street scene in the hilly city of Taxco.
Mexico
Guerrero
Taxco
Taxco is a quiet town set in green mountains.
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Fertile landscape near the Atlantic coast of Vera Cruz.
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Papantla
The distinctive lacy dresses of Totonac women in Papantla.
Mexico
Vera Cruz
El Tajin
El Tajin is a Totonac site dating from 100 AD.
Mexico
Vera Cruz
El Tajin
The Pyramid of the Niches in El Tajin is 20m high and contains 365 square niches.
Mexico
Vera Cruz
El Tajin
The coyote-headed god of the afterlife (left) and the skeletal death god carved on a ball court in El Tajin.
Mexico
Vera Cruz
El Tajin
The Temple of Mictlantecuntli (the god of death) at El Tajin.
Mexico
Vera Cruz
El Tajin
Voladores at El Tajin. They perform a traditional Totonac dance.
Mexico
Puebla
The central highlands of Puebla.
Mexico
Puebla
The Zocalo (central square) of Puebla (2162m).
Mexico
Puebla
16th century arcades in Puebla.
Mexico
Puebla
The Palace of Justice in Puebla, one of many Spanish colonial buildings in this attractive city.
Mexico
Puebla
The colourful Church of San Fransisco in Puebla is covered in ceramic tiles.
Mexico
Puebla
The Casa del Alfenique is a colonial mansion in Puebla.
Mexico
Puebla
The kitchen of Santa Monica Convent where mole poblano (a chocolate sauce) was invented.
Mexico
Puebla
The Church of Santo Domingo dates from 1720 (Puebla).
Mexico
Puebla
Colonial house with painted ceramic tiles and wrought iron balconies in Puebla.
Mexico
Puebla
Traditional style saloon bar in Puebla.
Mexico
Puebla
Cholula
The excavated portion of the Pyramid of Cholula, the world's second largest.
Mexico
Puebla
Cholula
Children at Cholula where there is a church on top of the pyramid.
Mexico
Puebla
Cholula
The volcanic peak of Popocatepetl (5452m) from Cholula.
Mexico
Puebla
Tepeaca
A Nahua woman at Tepeaca market.
Mexico
Puebla
Tepeaca
Man in the Friday market at Tepeaca.
Mexico
Oaxaca
The 17th century La Soledad in Oaxaca contains an image of the Virgin crowned with gold and diamonds.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Ocatlan
Ocatlan has a busy Zapotec market.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Ocatlan
Grinding corn to make flour in Ocatlan.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Monte Alban
Monte Alban is a Zapotec site dating from 400 BC.
It is built on a flattened hilltop 200m above the Oaxaca Valley.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Monte Alban
The Observatory at Monte Alban dates from the 1st century BC.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Monte Alban
Toltec style ball court at Monte Alban.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Mitla
The fertile Oaxaca Valley near Mitla.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Mitla
Mitla is a Zapotec site with Mixtec influence. It dates from the 1st century AD.
Mexico
Oaxaca
Mitla
14th century Mixtec geometric patterns for which Mitla is famous.

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