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| Peter & Jackie Main | profile | all galleries >> World Galleries >> North & Central America >> Mexico >> Mérida | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Casa de Montejo (1549) |
 Carving of conquistadors |
 Courtyard inside Casa de Montejo |
 Rooms with Victorian era furniture |
 Rooms with Victorian era furniture |
 Rooms with Victorian era furniture |
 Textile exhibition in Casa de Montejo |
 Bright colours |
 Feathers as decoration |
 Spot the animal with fire coming from its bum |
 Exquisite craftsmanship |
 Fantastic detail |
 Carving from the time of the Spanish conquest |
 Catedral de San IIdefonso (completed 1598) |
 Museo Fernando Garcia Ponce-Macay... |
 ...the former archbishop's Palace - now the museum of contemporary art |
 Art from the museum spills out into the Revolutionary gallery - a huge glass covered walkway |
 Plaza Grande |
 Starting place for a free walking tour |
 Palacio de Gobierno |
 Courtyard inside with many huge paintings |
 Art |
 Maya in the art |
 Art |
 Art |
 Palacio de Gobierno |
 Gran Museo del Mundo Maya |
 Reclining chac-mool from Chichen Itza |
 Capstone from the funerary chamber of Ukit Kan Le'k Tok |
 Underworld figure from Ek' Balam |
 Many ceramics of Maya deities |
 Maya deity |
 Maya deity |
 Maya deity |
 Another intricate ceramic |
 Corn god |
 Reconstruction of the facade of the Sak Xok Nah in Ek ' Balam |
 From Kabah - depicting a ruler with a Chac mask on his head |
 From Ek' Balam |
 Love this face |
 Atlantian figure from Chichen Itza |
 Iglesia de Jesus - built by Jesuits in 1618 |
 Parque Hidalgo |
 Streets of Merida |
 Colourful buildings |
 Santa Ana - 1700s |
 Pete taking a break on a 'me and you' chair |
 These interesting seats are dotted around the plazas |
 German bierhaus - we were in here a couple of times!!! |
 German bierhaus |
 Paseo de Montejo |
 A tree-lined boulevard with beautiful buildings |
 The boulevard is several kilometres long |
 Huge mansion |
 Pretty house |
 Palacio Canton - Regional Anthropology Museum |
 Maya carving on a tablet - from Palenque |
 Aztec basalt figure - from Templo Mayor, Mexico City |
 From the Temple of the Sacred War |
 Maya mask of Chaac - from Kabah |
 Maya carving - from Uxmal |
 Toltec sculpture - from Tula |
 Aztec - from Templo Mayor, Mexico City (love this little alien) |
 Aztec knife of conch and obsidian - from Templo Mayor, Mexico City |
 A conch and human teeth collar - from Teotihuacan |
 Maya jade funerary masks - from Dzibanche |
 Maya basalt Chac Mool |
 Sculpture from a Yucatan hacienda (600-900 AD) |
 Marble staircase in Palacio Canton |
 Inside Palacio Canton - built 1909 - 1911 |
 New 'Maya' building |
 New 'Maya' building |
 After all that culture - McDonald's!!!!!! |
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