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Taxco el Viejo (Old Taxco) is a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero. In 2010, it had a population of 3,172. [1] It is located approximately ten kilometers south of ...
The William Spratling Museum (Museo Guillermo Spratling) is a museum in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. The museum contains 293 archeological pieces that were part of William Spratling 's personal collection. [ 1 ]
[3] [nb 1] Taxco was a traditional site of silver mines, but had no native silverworking industry. Spratling began designing works in silver based primarily on pre-Columbian and traditional motifs, and hired local goldsmiths to produce those designs in Taxco. Spratling was the primary designer for his workshop, Taller de las Delicias, and was ...
Taxco de Alarcón (Spanish: ⓘ; usually referred to as simply Taxco) is a small city and administrative center of Taxco de Alarcón Municipality located in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Taxco is located in the north-central part of the state, 36 kilometres (22 miles) from the city of Iguala , 135 kilometres (84 miles) from the state capital ...
Papantla / El Tajín: Totonac people Mexico: c. 1st century AD [37] [need quotation to verify] The town of Papantla in the state of Veracruz was founded by the Totonac people around the 13th century AD. [38] The neighboring monumental city of El Tajín was settled around the 1st century AD [39] [37] until it was destroyed around the same time ...
The Santa Prisca de Taxco, main representation of the New Spanish baroque in Taxco. The church was built between 1751 and 1759 by José de la Borda (ca. 1700–1778), who had made a great fortune in the silver mines surrounding the town. Despite his wealth, however, the opulence of the church nearly bankrupted him. [3]
A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city’s famous ...
Alex Lora: 35 Años y lo Que le Falta Todavía (Alex Lora: 35 Years and What Is Left to Come) is the twenty-second album and fifth live album by Mexican rock and blues band El Tri. It was released in 2004. This was the last album by the band to be released by WEA before the front man of the band Alex Lora funded his own Record label named Lora ...