Did you know? Mexico has one of the world's oldest still-functioning printing presses
One of the oldest printing presses still in operation anywhere in the world is in Tacámbaro, Michoacán.
Juan Pascoe lives on a remote ex-hacienda outside Tacámbaro, Michoacán. Visitors invited to ...
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Did you know? Mexico's Domesday Book
Mexico's equivalent of the Domesday book was compiled in the sixteenth century.
History shows that conquerors often have very little idea of what they have really acquired until it is firmly within th...
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Did you know? Lots of "real" Aztec gold was only tumbaga.
What the Spanish Conquistadors thought was gold was often only an alloy called tumbaga.
As they explored the New World, the early conquistadors were spurred on by the possibility of finding treasure a...
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Following The Monarch Butterfly To The Highlands Of Mexico Monarch Butterflies Tour
Following the Monarch Butterfly to the Highlands of Mexico
E. Pluribus Gehrlein.
The other side of the coin
First published in the Adirondack Mountain Sun, Volume 10, Number 19, Februa...
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Mexico's Morelia: More than meets the eye
Lauded as the most Spanish of Mexican colonial cities, thanks to a century-old historical preservation code requiring all downtown buildings to maintain original facades, Morelia is the most comfortabl...
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Traveling to Mexico with children
My son had a month of low-cost, high-quality art instruction, and a ton of fun.
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A family tradition in Michoacan: the pineapple pottery of Hilario Alejos Madrigal
All of my sentiments, all of my imagination are imprinted in a pineapple. It is the way in which I share my imagination with people.
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Lodging In And Around Pátzcuaro
Gran Hotel Pátzcuaro -->: Plaza Gertrudis Bocanegra No. 6, Centro Historico. Tel (434) 342-0443, 342-3090, 01 (800) 503-3443, fax (434) 342-5908. E-mail: gran.hotel@yahoo.c...
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Michoacan's master craftspeople and their arts
Abdon Punzo Angel's thick hands tapped minute details into the menacing snout of the copper dragon that sat immobilized in a vise, its body seeming to squirm. Beside him, another shiny dragon writhed f...
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Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Fridays are Indian market days in the fountain-centered Plaza Gertrudis Bocanegra, one of three main squares in Pátzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Walkways around the fountain are lined with stalls of good...
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Michoacán's rural education
Michoacán Index
Gracias y Credits
The State:
State Map
Introduction to Michoacán
The Meseta Purepecha - Exploring Michoacán
Alternative Tourism in Michoac...
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The passion of Christ in Ixtapalapa, a Mexico City neighborhood
The first traces of an awakening sun touch the morning horizon, brushing aside the night's long shadows. On the streets of Ixtapalapa, a working class neighborhood 30 minutes by cab from the center of ...
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Patzcuaro - Recommended Reading
PATZCUARO …Recommended reading
By jennifer j. rose
"The Conquest of Michoacán. The Spanish Domination of the Tarascan Kingdom ...
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The serene magic of Patzcuaro
Few places in the world have the magic of Pátzcuaro. Surely the Purépecha Rey Curateme had to have known that back in 1324 when he founded the town.
For many visitors, Pátzcuaro spells the Island o...
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Colonial Lake Pátzcuaro
Travelers who are interested in the history of this region of Michoacán will be well rewarded by a tour of the numerous picturesque villages bordering Lake Pátzcuaro. In addition to their authentic ...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report February 2003
Table of Contents
RISE IN MINIMUM WAGE
CABINET RESHUFFLE
RECORD FOREIGN RESERVES
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Palm Sunday crafts fair in Uruapan
Artisans participating in the competition and crafts fair will come from workshops throughout Michoacán, which has more than 100,000 artisans from more than 200 communities.
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