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Oaxaca

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  1. Alameda de León: story on the “How Central Oaxaca Changed” route

    The garden will show you whom the new urban promenade displaced from the cathedral square.

  2. Ball Court: story on the “Monte Albán: City on the Summit” route

    Here, a ritual contest becomes a way to settle a dispute with very tangible consequences.

  3. Basílica de la Soledad: story on the “Oaxaca Markets and Squares: The Road to Soledad” route

    The church shows how a merchants’ confraternity, a major donation, and burial rights turned a chapel into a shrine.

  4. Building J (Observatory): story on the “Monte Albán: City on the Summit” route

    Here, one deciphered slab will send archaeologists to test a hypothesis far beyond the city.

  5. Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán: story on the “How Central Oaxaca Changed” route

    The finale will tell how monastic walls became part of a secret line of communication with a prisoner.

  6. Gallery of the Danzantes: story on the “Monte Albán: City on the Summit” route

    This stop examines images whose name outlived the original arrangement and meaning of the panels themselves.

  7. Jardín Sócrates: story on the “Oaxaca Markets and Squares: The Road to Soledad” route

    The final stop will conclude the route with the relocation of vendors that was intended to be temporary.

  8. Macedonio Alcalá Theater: story on the “How Central Oaxaca Changed” route

    The auditorium will show how ticket prices divided viewers of the very same film.

  9. Macedonio Alcalá Walkway: story on the “How Central Oaxaca Changed” route

    Here, the route will examine the decision after which a contested street became the center's main pedestrian thoroughfare.

  10. Main Plaza: story on the “Monte Albán: City on the Summit” route

    Here, the cost of the shared urban space for which residents leveled the summit and buried early buildings will become clear.

  11. Mercado Benito Juárez: story on the “Oaxaca Markets and Squares: The Road to Soledad” route

    Here, a trading place becomes a family legacy, and the market’s familiar name turns out to be incomplete.

  12. Mercado Twenty de Noviembre & Pasillo del Humo: story on the “Oaxaca Markets and Squares: The Road to Soledad” route

    This stop explains why meat, braziers, tortillas, and shared tables still belong to different vendors.

  13. Metropolitan Cathedral: story on the “How Central Oaxaca Changed” route

    The cathedral introduces the dispute over who has the right to speak in the name of a city occupied by rebels.

  14. Monte Albán Site Museum: story on the “Monte Albán: City on the Summit” route

    Here, modern construction will become the starting point for a discussion of preserved homes and remains found during the work.

  15. North Platform: story on the “Monte Albán: City on the Summit” route

    The stop will show a ceremony in which the entire family depicted on the stone confirmed the right to an office.

  16. Plaza de la Danza: story on the “Oaxaca Markets and Squares: The Road to Soledad” route

    Here, a festive production will gain a venue, lose it, and leave behind a commemorative plaque.

  17. South Platform: story on the “Monte Albán: City on the Summit” route

    The final stop will show how images of a former ruler became hidden stones in a new sacred structure.

  18. Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución): story on the “Oaxaca Markets and Squares: The Road to Soledad” route

    The main square will connect the relocation of merchants with a brief experience of elected city government.

  19. Zócalo de Oaxaca: story on the “How Central Oaxaca Changed” route

    Here, the route will show how a trading ploy became an annual city custom.

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