Central Valley of Oaxaca: Oaxaca city, Monte Alban
Clickable interactive map of Central Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico: Oaxaca city, Monte Alban
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A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years: Monte Alban and the Zimatlan Valley.
(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...
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A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years: The Americas' oldest urban centre.
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...
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The Classic Period (300-900 AD) Part 2: Cholula
The most important center of the Mexican highlands after the fall of Teotihuacan was Cholula, near the twin volcanic peaks Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl and the city of Puebla. The Great Pyramid there,...
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