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Oaxaca, Mexico

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Oaxaca is the name of both a state in Mexico as well that state's capital city. Oaxaca, also known as Oaxaca de Juárez, is located southeast of Mexico City (X).

3. El Tiempo
La Tierra del Sol or Land of the Sun - enjoys near perfect weather year round, with tropical sunlight almost daily and ideal temperatures.

4. Los Zapotecas
The Zapotecas were amongst the first group of indigenous people to settle in Oaxaca.
The Zapotecs were skilled in astronomy and excavation, they created the ceremonial center, Monte Albán.

5. Monte Albán
Monte Albán is a famous Zapotec archaeological site. These ruins are located at the top of a high mountain west of Oaxaca. Here you can find many tombs and pyramid temples.
Monte Albán was constructed by the Zapotecs around 500 B.C.
Monte Albán is centered around the Grand Plaza with different sections surrounding it.

6. Las Partes de Monte Albán
The observatory
Pyramid Temple
The Dancer Carvings
The ball court

7. o La Plaza de la Constitución
El Zócalo
o La Plaza de la Constitución
The center of the town is the Zócalo. Here there are vendors, bands playing, cafés and stores. The Zócalo is also where La Catedral and El Palacio de Gobierno are located.

8. La Catedral de Oaxaca
Located in el Zócalo…La Catedral was built in 1550 and rebuilt due to an earthquake in 1696.

9. El Palacio de Gobierno
Former city hall…now a museum

10. La Iglesia de Santo Domingo
The Iglesia de Santo Domingo is a Dominican church. The interior walls and ceiling of the Baroque church are adorned with gold ornamentation and colorful frescoes.
La Iglesia de Santo Domingo

11. El Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo
Next to the church there is a former convent that is now a museum. This museum holds many artifacts from Monte Albán’s Tomb 7.
El Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo

12. El Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MACO)
This museum has permanent exhibits of five well-known Oaxacan artists and also has a rotating collection of modern exhibits.
El Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MACO)

13. This museum. holds the personal collection of Rufino Tumayo’s pre-Columbian art collection.
El Museo Rufino Tamayo

14. El arte de Rufino Tamayo

15. Rufino Tamayo

16. La Calle Alcalá
La calle Alcalá is a pedestrian only street surrounded by shops filled with artesania.

17. The Mercado Juárez is a large market, where you can bargain with the vendors. They sell all types of artesanía (hand made crafts)
El Mercado Juárez

18. El Barro Negro
Hand-made black pottery. Doña Rosa

19. El Alebrije
Hand-made & hand-painted wood carvings, usually of animals.

20. Hand-woven rugs
Los tapetes

21. Las Joyas
They are also known for their jewelry making skills.

22. El mole negro
Mole is a rich, smooth sauce. The word 'mole' comes from the Nahuatl word 'molli,' meaning concoction, mixture stew or sauce.
Mole contains many different ingredients chiles & chocolate usually served over chicken.

23. Chapulines
Chapulines (fried grasshoppers) are fried in chilies, salted and served with lime. You can order them in Oaxaca ’s cafes, buy them in food markets or from street vendors who sell them like popcorn. They are eaten as snacks or as part of a main dish.
¡Que rico!

24. TEJATE
Tejate is Oaxaca's traditional energy drink, 'the drink of the gods.‘ It was originally served to the ruling elite of Zapotec society. Tejate is usually served in markets in lovely hand-painted, gourd bowls called jícaras.
The ingredient list is complex. It is made from corn, roasted cacao beans, mamey seed and rosita flowers (flor cacahuaxochitl). The ingredients are blended in a thick mass, which is gradually thinned with water.

25. a salted beef skirt steak
TASAJO
a salted beef skirt steak

26. The festival of Guelaguetza is celebrated on the last two Mondays of July. Guelaguetza honors the diverse cultures that contribute to Oaxaca, giving communities from around the state the opportunity to share their music, traditional costumes, dances and food. The main event takes place in the city's open-air amphitheater located on Cerro del Fortín, a nearby historic hill.
La Guelagetza

27. People from Oaxaca are called oaxaqueños – The most famous is Benito Juarez, the 1st elected President of Mexico.
Benito Juárez

28. Adiós Oaxaca

29. la bandera mexicana

30. Felipe Calderón current Mexican President