Our second day on tour in Mexico took us to the cities of
Cuernavaca and afterwards to
Taxco. The day started with a relatively long journey to
the capital of Morelos state, the place which
Hernán Cortés decided to build a
castle and tentatively place the seat of power in recently conquered Mexico. Unfortunately, we spent very little time in this historic colonial city, with a snap of the picturesque architecture shown in the photograph above.
Our second, and longer stop was
Taxco, a silver mining town in the state of Guerrero (which is Spanish for "warrior", but I digress). The picture above shows the main church in the city, which was apparently built with the money from a french miner. Despite the locals trying to impress you with all sort of lore about silver and trying to sell you large quantities of the stuff, there is a lot more to the city than that, including very picturesque views of the hills and the plaza in front of the church which is particularly lively. We had the opportunity to see a wedding taking place on the day we visited, and this was, at least to me, a grander attraction than all the silver sales.
3 comments:
I love this pic, Its beautiful!
Which one of the three?
La de la ventanta que se ve la puerta de madera =)
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