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