Exhibitions of first-rate contemporary Mexican and international art in a beautifully revamped colonial house.
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Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca
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Got two hours? You'll need it for the Museum of Oaxacan Cultures, housed in the beautiful monastery buildings adjoining the Templo de Santo Domingo. This鈥
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The former capital of the Zapotec people is today an illustrious ruin, but for over a thousand years it served as the second-largest ceremonial site in鈥
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Gorgeous Santo Domingo is the most splendid of Oaxaca鈥檚 churches, with a finely carved baroque facade and nearly every square centimeter inside decorated鈥
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Second only to Monte Alb谩n in their importance, though not as old, the ruins of ancient Mitla date from the final two or three centuries before the鈥
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If you like your pre-Hispanic Mexican ruins suitably 鈥榬uined鈥 and crowd-free without compromising on authenticity or spectacular setting, opt for Atzompa鈥
Centro de las Artes de San Agust铆n
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Pretty San Agust铆n's large, early-20th-century textile mill has been superbly restored as the Centro de las Artes de San Agust铆n (CaSa), a spectacular鈥
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Visitors flock to the village of El Tule to behold El 脕rbol del Tule, which is, by some counts, the fattest tree in the world. California's General鈥
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Traffic-free, shaded by tall trees and surrounded by elegant portales (arcades), the 窜贸肠补濒辞 is the perfect place to start soaking up the Oaxaca atmosphere鈥
Nearby Oaxaca City attractions
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You鈥檒l find art by leading figures such as Tamayo and Morales, plus a fine selection of handicrafts and rugs, at this commercial gallery founded by the鈥
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This commercial gallery presents a wide range of quality art, and includes a room devoted to surrealist painter Rodolfo Morales鈥 work.
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Historic, romantic, dignified and safe, wonderful Calle Alcal谩 (traffic-free since the 1980s) is what Oaxaca is all about. It runs north from the鈥
4. Museo de los Pintores Oaxaque帽os
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Changing exhibitions by artists from Oaxaca and elsewhere 鈥 often provocative contemporary work.
5. Catedral de Nuestra Se帽ora de La Asunci贸n
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Oaxaca鈥檚 cantera stone cathedral is suitably massive and old, but in a city as culturally rich as Oaxaca, it is arguably only the third most impressive鈥
6. Centro Fotogr谩fico 脕lvarez Bravo
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With a taste for provocative social commentary, this contemporary gallery displays weird and wonderful work by local and international photographers.
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Housed in the restored Ex Convento de San Pablo (a 16th-century Dominican monastery), the impressive San Pablo Center stages concerts, films, exhibitions,鈥
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At the center of this gallery's workshop is an exceedingly rare 8-ton J Voirin lithography press, which prints both acrylics and woodcuts. Works on鈥