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Paraninfo
West of the city center, where Avenidas Juárez and Federalismo meet, is shady Parque Revolución , which has become a haven for pierced skaters. Three blocks further west is the Paraninfo , one of the main buildings of the Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG).
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Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo
Flanking the Iglesia de Santo Domingo’s west wall is the Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo , formerly a Dominican convent in the late 16th century. Today a modern cultural center occupies the property. A dozen tall palms rise to the courtyard’s ceiling.
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Edificio P
Building P was topped by a small pillared temple and was probably an observatory of some sort. The sun shines directly down into a small opening near the top at the solar zenith passages (when the sun passes directly overhead at noon on May 5 and August 8).
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Mercado Municipal Lucas de Gálvez
Mérida’s main market is an ever-evolving mass of commerce, with stalls selling everything from panuchos (fried tortillas stuffed with beans and topped with meat and veggies) to ceviche. The chaotic surrounding streets are all part of the large market district.
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Museo Memoria y Tolerancia
A mazelike museum of 55 halls dedicated to preserving the memory of genocide victims. The multimedia exhibit chronicles crimes committed against humanity in Cambodia, Guatemala, Sudan, Rwanda and former Yugoslavia, as well as those perpetrated during the Holocaust.
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Museo Nacional de la Revolución
Underlying the Plaza de la República, this museum covers a 63-year period, from the implementation of the constitution guaranteeing human rights in 1857 to the installation of the post-revolutionary government in 1920. Explanatory text remains untranslated.
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Market
The local market on the west side of the plaza is where you can find everything from fruit, vegetables and fresh trout to herbal medicines, crafts and clothing – including the region’s distinctive striped shawls and sarapes. There’s outstanding cheap food, too.
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Olmec Head
Dominating the main plaza, this stone monolith is known as the ‘Cobata head,’ after the estate where it was found. Thought to be a very late Olmec production, it’s the biggest known Olmec head, weighing in at 40 tons, and is unique in that its eyes are closed.
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Museo Interactivo de Economía (MIDE)
The former hospital of the Bethlehemites religious order has been the home of this museum since 2006. A slew of hands-on exhibits is aimed at breaking down economic concepts. For coin connoisseurs, the highlight is the Banco de México’s numismatic collection.
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El Acueducto
Morelia’s impressively preserved aqueduct runs for several kilometers along Avenida Acueducto and bends around Plaza Villalongín. It was built between 1785 and 1788 to meet the city’s growing water needs. Its 253 arches are memorable when illuminated at night.
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Casa del Mayorazgo de Canal
This historic house, one of San Miguel’s most imposing old residences, now houses Banamex offices. It’s a handsome neoclassical structure with some late-baroque touches. The original entrance is at Canal 4 and retains beautiful carved wooden doors based on a tapestry design.
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Campamento Majahuas
This community-run project just north of Punta Perula lets you camp and watch the turtles nest with local guides. Theres a small hotel here too. Its become a destination for international students interested in turtles and their habitat and offers volunteering programs.
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Ancient Comalcalco
This Maya site is unique because many of its buildings are constructed of bricks and/or mortar made from oyster shells. The museum at the entrance has a fine array of sculptures and engravings of human heads, deities, glyphs and animals such as crocodiles and pelicans.
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Museo Victoriano Nieves
The citys decent history museum is located in an interesting old hospital building. Inside are archaeological relics (including stelae from Xpujil), a petroleum exhibition and information on the regions pirate history – plus a kids pirate ship, complete with plank.
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Parque Ecológico Macuiltépetl
Atop a hill north of the city, this 40-hectare park is actually the heavily wooded cap of an extinct volcano. Spiraling to the top, the park’s paths are a treasure for the city’s robust fraternity of joggers, and provide expansive views of Xalapa and the surrounding area.
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Restaurante/Museo La Costa
If you’ve got a little time to kill, pop into Restaurante/Museo La Costa , which is packed with a seemingly random load of old stuff that actually adds up to a historical sample of the area’s material culture – from sewing machines and antlers to chainsaws and Apache photos.
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Templo del Sagrario
The creaky Templo del Sagrario is one of Pátzcuaros oldest churches built on the site of a former hospital in the 1690s. Until the early 1900s, it housed the revered statue of Nuestra Señora de la Salud (Our Lady of Health) which now resides in the Basilica nearby.
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Museo Metropolitano de Monterrey
This 19th-century structure, the former Palacio Municipal, now houses the Museo Metropolitano de Monterrey. There’s a brief, Spanish-only summary of city history on the ground floor and lovely upstairs galleries featuring works by contemporary painters and sculptors.
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Museo José Luis Cuevas
This museum showcases the works of artist Cuevas, a leader of the 1950s Ruptura movement, which broke with the politicized art of the post-revolutionary regime. Cuevas’ La Giganta, an 8m-tall bronze female figure with some male features, dominates the central patio.
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Museo de Sitio de Cholula
This small museum, across the road from the Pirámide Tepanapa ticket office and down some steps, provides the best introduction to the site, with a cutaway model of the pyramid mound showing the various superimposed structures. Admission is included in the site ticket.
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