Juchitán
Parque Juárez is the city's always interesting central square. This is where the city's vendors moved after the market was destroyed in the 2017…
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The southern half of the 200km-wide Isthmus of Tehuantepec (teh-wahn-teh-pek), Mexico’s narrow waist, forms the flat, hot, humid eastern end of Oaxaca state. Indigenous Zapotec culture is strong here, with its own regional twists. In 1496 the isthmus Zapotecs repulsed the Aztecs from the fortress of Guiengola, near Tehuantepec, and the isthmus never became part of the Aztec empire. An independent spirit pervades the region to this day.
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Isthmus of Tehuantepec
This panoramic old hillside Zapotec stronghold was where King Cosijoeza fought off the Aztecs in 1496. It's 7km north of Hwy 190, from a turnoff just past…
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
This former Dominican monastery, built in the 16th century, houses Tehuantepec’s Casa de la Cultura, where arts and crafts workshops and activities are…
Juchitán
The fate of this old colonial house and the 16th-century San Vicente Ferrer church beside it were literally hanging in the balance at last visit. The…
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec’s dim indoor market is open daily on the west side of the plaza, and spills out into surrounding streets.
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