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| Peter & Jackie Main | profile | all galleries >> World Galleries >> North & Central America >> Mexico >> Oaxaca | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
 Catedral - construction started 1553 |
 Catedral - baroque carving |
 A popular place on a Sunday afternoon |
 Inside the Catedral |
 Children playing with giant balloons |
 Colonial buildings and lovely trees |
 Colonial architecture everywhere |
 Templo de Santo Domingo |
 Built 1570 to 1608 |
 Teatro Macedonia Alcala |
 Monte Alban - Zapotec archaeological site |
 Temples, palaces, tall stepped platforms, an observatory and a ball court... |
 ...built 500 BC to 700 AD |
 Templo de Dos Columnas and beyond |
 Towards the Plataforma Norte and the Patio Hundido (Sunken Patio) |
 Archaeologists working on Edificio A |
 Looking across to Sistema IV (a temple) |
 Edificios G, H, I, J and Plataforma Sur |
 Looking across to Sistema IV and Edificio de los Danzantes |
 Patio Hundido (Sunken Patio) towards Plataforma Norte |
 Stela 18 - also a solar observatory |
 Sistema IV |
 Edificio de los Danzantes (dancers) |
 Various dancers carved between 500 and 100 BC... |
 ...they depict naked men, thought to be sacrificed leaders of neighbouring towns |
 They generally have thick-lipped open mouths... |
 ...and closed eyes |
 Some have blood flowing where they have been disembowelled |
 Intricately carved |
 One more of these guys |
 Edificio J - the observatory - arrowed shaped and at an angle of 45 degrees to the other Gran Plaza structures |
 Tumbas - tombs |
 Tumbas overlooking the valley |
 Cactus and ruins |
 Plataforma Sur - the tallest in Monte Alban at 40m high |
 View from the top of Plataforma Sur towards the Gran Plaza |
 At the top of Plataforma Sur Oops and a very big ouch! |
 Jackie's Ankle - no broken bones, just a bad sprain |
 The camera took a bit of a beating too |
 All strapped up Putting on a brave face |
 Crutches for a week |
 Back at the hotel - a beer! |
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