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Mexico Marks Anniversary of Cacaxtla Murals

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF It has been 45 years since the residents of San Miguel del Milagro, in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala, first discovered the some of the nation’s oldest pre-Hispanic murals in the archeological site of Cacaxtla. Shrouded in mystery, the centuries-old ruins in Tlaxcala’s volcanic valley is one of Mexico’s greatest pre-Columbian mysteries, with

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Tepotzolán and the Pastorelas

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     It’s an ideal setting for a Christmas pageant: the little colonial town of Tepotzotlán, just an hour northwest of Mexico City. Sometimes referred to as the capital of the uniquely Mexican Churrigueresque style of architecture, the 17th and early 18th century buildings of Tepotzotlán, with their gilded, flourished, curlicued and cherub-topped buildings, indeed offer

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The Pastorelas of Tepotzotlán

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     It’s an ideal setting for a Christmas pageant: the little colonial town of Tepotzotlán, just an hour northwest of Mexico City. Sometimes referred to as the capital of the uniquely Mexican Churrigueresque style of architecture, the 17th and early 18th century buildings of Tepotzotlán, with their gilded, flourished, curlicued and cherub-topped buildings, indeed offer

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