Dark sights in Mexico

1. El Cedral

   • Isla Cozumel, Mexico
   • Sights › Dark

   This Mayan ruin, which functioned as a jail in the 19th century, is the oldest on the island, dating way, way back to AD 800. It's not obviously alluring, but it is the most accessible of Cozumel's ruins. The ancient structure is the size of a small house, so keep your eyes peeled. El Cedral is thought to have been an important ceremonial site. Today a small stucco church sits next to the ruin.

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   Pirámide Tepanapa

   • Cholula, Mexico
   • Sights › Dark

   The incredible Pirámide Tepanapa looks more like a hill than a pyramid, but it's still the town's big draw, and, with miles of tunnels veining the inside of the structure, it's no let-down. The Zona Arqueológica comprises the excavated areas around the pyramid and the tunnels underneath. You enter via the tunnel on the north side, which takes you on a spooky route through the center of the pyramid.

   Several pyramids were built on top of each other during various reconstructions, and over 8km of tunnels have been dug beneath the pyramid by archaeologists to penetrate each stage. From the access tunnel, a few hundred meters long, you can see earlier layers of the building.…

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   Old Jail

   • Guaymas, Mexico
   • Sights › Dark

   The old jail (1900), near the bus station on Calle 15, is also an impressive sight in an otherwise rundown neighborhood. A project is in order to move the now razed Museo Histórico de Guaymas here, though not much progress had been made at time of research.

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4. Mausoleo de los Hombres Ilustres de Zacatecas

   • Zacatecas, Mexico
   • Sights › Dark

   From the right of the statues, a paved path along the foot of the rocky hilltop leads to the Mausoleo de los Hombres Ilustres de Zacatecas, with the tombs of Zacatecan heroes from 1841 to the present.

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   Altar a la Patria

   • Veracruz, Mexico
   • Sights › Dark

   Two blocks inland from the malecón is the 1998 Altar a la Patria, an obelisk marking the buried the remains of those who defended Veracruz during its numerous conflicts.

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   Mausoleo de la Corregidora

   • Querétaro, Mexico
   • Sights › Dark

   The Mausoleo de la Corregidora is the resting place of doña Josefa Ortiz and her husband, Miguel Domínguez de Alemán.

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