| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Casa del Alfenique
|
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The beautiful interior courtyard.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Casa del Alfenique
|
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The upper floor.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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The pastel coloured Church of San Fransisco.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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The side of the building with its pastel hues.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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The elaborately carved main entrance.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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Detail of ceramic tiles and carvings.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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The exterior is covered with tiled images.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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Detail of tiles.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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The colonial centre.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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Two buses.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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The Church of San Cristobal.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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Colonial house with painted ceramic tiles and wrought iron balconies.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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The Church of Santo Domingo dates from 1720.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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In the grounds of the Church of Santo Domingo.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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Sweet and chocolate shop.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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Pedestrian street.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Convent of Santa Rosa
|
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The 17th century Convent of Santa Rosa.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Convent of Santa Rosa
|
 |
Detail of tilework.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
 |
Market stalls.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
 |
Boy carrying baskets.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Santa Monica Convent
|
 |
The Santa Monica Convent.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Santa Monica Convent
|
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A shrine in the garden.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Santa Monica Convent
|
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A nun's cell with implements of self flagellation.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Santa Monica Convent
|
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The kitchen of the convent where mole poblano (a chocolate sauce) was invented.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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La Malinche Volcano (4450m).
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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Clothes shop.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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Food stall in a square.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Jose
|
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The tile covered Church of San Jose.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Jose
|
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Many churches in Puebla are covered with tiles.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
Site / Event : Church of San Jose
|
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Detail of tile pattern.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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The two volcanoes, Popocatepetl (5452m) and Ixtaccihuatl (5286m).
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
|
 |
Cholula was an Aztec town of 100,000 people that was destroyed by the Spanish.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
|
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The Spanish built city of Cholula dates from the 16th century.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
|
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The Arabic style Church of San Gabrielle (1540).
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Church of Santa Maria
|
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The Church of Santa Maria in the small village of Tonantzintla.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Church of Santa Maria
|
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Detail of the tilework.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Church of Santa Maria
|
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The interior was designed by indigenous craftsmen.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
|
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An unexcavated pyramid in the centre of the town.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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The overgrown hill that is the Great Pyramid of Cholula.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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Small Catholic shrine on the slopes of the Cholula Pyramid.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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Church built by Hernan Cortez at the top of the pyramid.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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Sunday pilgrims.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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Children by the church at the top of the pyramid.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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A Nahua ceremony.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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Excavations at the base of the 60m high pyramid.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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The pyramid's diagonal steps are unique to Cholula.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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The pyramid is the second largest in the world.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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Quetzelcoatl, the plumed serpent god.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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The pyramid is 425m square and 60m high.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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Carvings influenced by Toltec art.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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The pyramid was completed around 900.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
 |
The construction of the pyramid began in 300 BCE.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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An Aztec sacrificial altar with bones from victims.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Cholula
Site / Event : Great Pyramid
|
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The pyramid has 8km of tunnels running through it.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
 |
Tepeaca is a Nahua village with a large Friday market.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Buying pears.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Food stall.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Chilli seller.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Nahua women.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Woman with mat.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Selling turkeys.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Woman and child.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Two women in the market.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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A Nahua woman at the market.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Chicken.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Woman and girl.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tepeaca
|
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Man in the Friday market.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Puebla
|
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Traditional style saloon bar.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tecali
|
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Tecali is a small village famous for onyx.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tecali
|
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The main street.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Puebla
City / Town : Tecali
|
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Onyx pavement.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Tlaxcala
|
 |
Tlaxcala (2239m) is a small colonial town built on the site of an Aztec settlement.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Tlaxcala
|
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The 18th century San Jose Parish Church.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Tlaxcala
|
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Most of the buildings are ochre coloured.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Tlaxcala
|
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A small bandstand in the main square.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Tlaxcala
Site / Event : Municipal Palace
|
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The entrance to the Municipal Palace.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Tlaxcala
Site / Event : Municipal Palace
|
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The palace is ornately tiled and carved.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Tlaxcala
Site / Event : Municipal Palace
|
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Mural showing the region's pre-Hispanic history.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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The pyramid at Cacaxtla was built by the Mayans before 1000.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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The site is famous for its murals.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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Mural of a high priest dressed as a jaguar dating from 750.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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The Mural of the Battle dates from 650.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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Cactus.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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The region around the site.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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Gentle hills.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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The region is surrounded by volcanic peaks.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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The volcanic peak of Popocatepetl (5452m).
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Tlaxcala
City / Town : Cacaxtla
|
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Ixtaccihuatl (5286m).
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
|
 |
Oaxaca was founded by the Spanish in 1529 and is full of colonial buildings.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
|
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The city is the centre of the Miztec and Zapotec people.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
|
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Miztec woman.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
|
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Zapotec woman.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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The Cathedral dates from 1553.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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Detailed stone carving by the entrance.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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The building is in Oaxaca Baroque style.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
|
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The covered market.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
|
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City bus.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
|
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Church of the Company of Jesus.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
Site / Event : Government Palace
|
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The interior courtyard of the Government Palace.
|
1991 |
| Mexico |
State / Province : Oaxaca
City / Town : Oaxaca
Site / Event : Government Palace
|
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The palace contains murals showing the history of the Oaxaca Valley which has been inhabited since 8000 BCE.
|
1991 |
were added from 1 February 2025.