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Avoid Crowds In Mexico At The Country's 'Most Beautiful City' With Cobbled Streets And Colonial Charm
Called Mexico's "most beautiful city," this underrated gem is a place where tourists can avoid the crowds found at many of ...
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Seven Cities of Cibola
In 1539, Friar Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan priest, reported to Spanish colonial officials in Mexico City that he’d seen the legendary city of Cibola in what is now New Mexico. It was an ...
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Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
The old colonial town of Querétaro is unusual in having retained the geometric street plan of the Spanish conquerors side by side with the twisting alleys of the Indian quarters. The Otomi, the ...
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Mérida Celebrates 483 Years of Colonial History, Mayan Culture, and Modern Cultural Gem of Mexico
Today, Mérida commemorates 483 years since its founding, marking its evolution from an ancient Mayan city, Ichcaanzihó, to a ...
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new world orders: casta painting and colonial latin america at the americas society by Yasmin Ramirez
Walter Benjamin's dictum that every work of art is also a work of barbarism comes to mind with "New World Orders," an exhibition of Spanish colonial casta paintings currently on display at the ...