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Description |
Year Taken |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Alhondiga de Granaditas |
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Mural of Hildago. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Alhondiga de Granaditas |
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Mural of Hildago showing his head in a cage. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19990.jpg) |
Curved stone buildings. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Diego Rivera Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19991.jpg) |
The house where Diego Rivera was born. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Diego Rivera Museum |
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Diego Rivera was Mexico's most famous muralist. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Diego Rivera Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19993.jpg) |
Early sketches. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19994.jpg) |
First floor restaurant. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19996.jpg) |
Hats. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Fountain in a small square. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel83057.jpg) |
Narrow, hilly street. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Regional Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19997.jpg) |
Pre-hispanic figure of a priest wearing a head-dress. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
|
Guanajuato |
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Regional Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19998.jpg) |
Pre-hispanic figure of a mother and child. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Regional Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19999.jpg) |
Collection of female pre-hispanic figures. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Regional Museum |
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Head from the ChupĂcuaro culture. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Regional Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20001.jpg) |
Pre-hispanic plate with bird. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Regional Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20002.jpg) |
Pre-hispanic painted pot. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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People walking. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Steep narrow steps. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Small street market. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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People at a street market. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Pastel coloured houses. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Women carrying shopping. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20008.jpg) |
Street scene. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato became rich from its silver mines. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel83059.jpg) |
Steps leading to a road. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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The city is overlooked by hills. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Woman walking. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
|
Guanajuato |
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Mummy Museum |
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The Mummy Museum contains mummies dug up from a cemetary in 1896. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
|
Guanajuato |
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Mummy Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20011.jpg) |
The soil around the city preserves and mummifies bodies. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guanajuato |
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Guanajuato |
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Mummy Museum |
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Mummies of two infants. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
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The Mezquital Valley. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
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The Mezquital Valley is in the land of the Otomi people. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20267.jpg) |
Ixmiquilpan is an Otomi village. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20268.jpg) |
Ixmiquilpan is a market town. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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Otomi woman. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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Busy shoppers. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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Potatoes. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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Boxed chickens. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20273.jpg) |
Ceramic goods. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20274.jpg) |
Otomi woman looking at ceramic item. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20275.jpg) |
Woman making tortillas. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
Mezquital Valley |
Ixmiquilpan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20276.jpg) |
Mother and son. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02686.jpg) |
The ancient city of Tula. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Tula was capital of the Toltecs between 950 and 1150. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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The Toltec influence spread as far north as Illinois. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20252.jpg) |
The ball court is shaped like a letter I. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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The Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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A chacmul where hearts of sacrificial victims were placed as offerings to the gods. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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The temple is famous for its Atlantes Warriors. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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The Tula Warriots are 4.5m high. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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The head of a Tula Warrior with a feathered head dress covered in stars. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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The rear of a Tula Warrior with a disk representing the Sun. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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Bench carved with warriors. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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Carving of an eagle eating a human heart. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20259.jpg) |
Snake devouring a human skull. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20260.jpg) |
Coyote. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
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Jaguar. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20262.jpg) |
Pillar covered in feathers. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20263.jpg) |
Pyramid B. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20264.jpg) |
Pyramid C is the largest in Tula. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel83011.jpg) |
Modern Tula. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Landscape around Tula. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Hidalgo |
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Tula |
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Flowering cactus. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02689.jpg) |
Tepotzlan is a village surrounded by hills. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20277.jpg) |
Tepotzlan is a Nahua village. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20278.jpg) |
The village church in the central plaza. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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Hills tower over the central plaza. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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The busy market. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02688.jpg) |
Ceramics on sale. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20281.jpg) |
House built in Aztec style. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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Forested mountains over the village. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Tepotzlan |
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Rocky pinnacle above the village. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20283.jpg) |
Forested hills. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Tepotzlan |
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Forested hills above the village of Tepotzlan. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20285.jpg) |
Overlooking Tepotzlan is a 12m high Aztec pyramid. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Tepotzlan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20286.jpg) |
The Aztec pyramid is a temple dating from the 15th century. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20287.jpg) |
Xochicalco is perched on a hilltop. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20288.jpg) |
Xochicalco is a hilltop ceremonial site overlooking Lake Tequesquitengo. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
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The Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
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Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent deity. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20290.jpg) |
Serpent winding through Mayan priests and astronomical symbols. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
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The pyramid is covered with carved glyphs. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
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Detail of a stone glyph. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20293.jpg) |
The glyphs show many influences including Toltec and Mayan. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20294.jpg) |
Coyote. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Xochicalco |
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Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent |
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Priest with head dress. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20296.jpg) |
The site flourished between 7th and 10th centiries. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20297.jpg) |
The city was destroyed around 900. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20298.jpg) |
The centre is in a spectacular setting. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20299.jpg) |
View of Lake Tequesquitengo. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Xochicalco |
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Ball Court |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20300.jpg) |
The Toltec ball court. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
|
Xochicalco |
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Ball Court |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20301.jpg) |
The purpose of the game was to make a rubber ball pass through the stone loop. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20302.jpg) |
View from the hilltop. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Morelos |
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Xochicalco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20303.jpg) |
Horses near Xochicalco. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guerrero |
|
Taxco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02693.jpg) |
The beautiful colonial city of Taxco at 1660m, once the centre of a silver mining region. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guerrero |
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Taxco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20304.jpg) |
Taxco is at 1778m. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guerrero |
|
Taxco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20305.jpg) |
The name of the city is from the Nahuatl for "place of the ballgame". |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guerrero |
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Taxco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20306.jpg) |
The city was founded by Hernan Cortez in 1529. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guerrero |
|
Taxco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02694.jpg) |
Street scene in the hilly city. |
1991 |
Mexico |
Guerrero |
|
Taxco |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel20307.jpg) |
Typical colonial house. |
1991 |