Monte Alban

monte alban

we visited the zapotec ruins of monte alban outside of oaxaca city- smaller than the aztec ruins of teotihuacan outside mexico city, but still really impressive in size. unlike some of the other ruins in mexico which have been worn away from people walking on them, you can still walk almost everywhere in monte alban. there are all different levels of elevation: within structures, and from one structure to the next, lots of terraces and courtyards. the signs describing the ruins were in spanish, english, and the indigenous language zapotec- the first time i´ve seen that.

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