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A day in Oaxaca = two thousand years by Tony Burton

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A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years: The Americas' oldest urban centre. Tony Burton

The warm afternoon breeze wafts a gentle mist of dust across the floor of the Oaxaca valley and into Oaxaca city, softening the colonial patina of the richly carved, 300-year-old cathedral. The dust is... read more

A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years: Monte Alban and the Zimatlan Valley. Tony Burton

(Part 1: The America's Oldest Urban Center)   Having reached Monte Alban and entered the site, on your right as you stand at the corner of the main plaza is the North Platform, the site of th... read more
Published or Updated on: January 20, 2005 by Tony Burton © 2005
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Author of "West Mexico: A Traveler's Treasury" (4th edition for Kindle/Kobo, Sombrero Books 2013; print edition forthcoming) and "Lake Chapala Through the Ages: an anthology of travellers' tales" (Sombrero Books, 2008), available from sombrerobooks.com, all good book stores, and Amazon.com. Co-author of "Geo-Mexico: the geography and dynamics of modern Mexico" (Sombrero Books, 2010, geo-mexico.com).

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