The 18th-century baroque Templo de San Felipe Neri is where Benito Ju谩rez and Margarita Maza were married in 1843; Margarita was the daughter of Antonio Maza, an Italian immigrant merchant who took in the young Benito when he arrived in Oaxaca as a boy. The church has a typically lavish gold-encrusted interior.
糖心传媒's must-see attractions
Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca
0.37 MILES
Got two hours? You'll need it for the Museum of Oaxacan Cultures, housed in the beautiful monastery buildings adjoining the Templo de Santo Domingo. This鈥
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Gorgeous Santo Domingo is the most splendid of Oaxaca鈥檚 churches, with a finely carved baroque facade and nearly every square centimeter inside decorated鈥
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The former capital of the Zapotec people is today an illustrious ruin, but for over a thousand years it served as the second-largest ceremonial site in鈥
26.06 MILES
Second only to Monte Alb谩n in their importance, though not as old, the ruins of ancient Mitla date from the final two or three centuries before the鈥
3.73 MILES
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Centro de las Artes de San Agust铆n
9.51 MILES
Pretty San Agust铆n's large, early-20th-century textile mill has been superbly restored as the Centro de las Artes de San Agust铆n (CaSa), a spectacular鈥
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Visitors flock to the village of El Tule to behold El 脕rbol del Tule, which is, by some counts, the fattest tree in the world. California's General鈥
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Traffic-free, shaded by tall trees and surrounded by elegant portales (arcades), the 窜贸肠补濒辞 is the perfect place to start soaking up the Oaxaca atmosphere鈥
Nearby Oaxaca City attractions
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A top-class museum, even by Oaxaca's high standards, showing off a wondrous collection of pre-Hispanic art donated by the city's most famous artist,鈥
2. Museo de los Pintores Oaxaque帽os
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Changing exhibitions by artists from Oaxaca and elsewhere 鈥 often provocative contemporary work.
3. Catedral de Nuestra Se帽ora de La Asunci贸n
0.15 MILES
Oaxaca鈥檚 cantera stone cathedral is suitably massive and old, but in a city as culturally rich as Oaxaca, it is arguably only the third most impressive鈥
0.18 MILES
Traffic-free, shaded by tall trees and surrounded by elegant portales (arcades), the 窜贸肠补濒辞 is the perfect place to start soaking up the Oaxaca atmosphere鈥
0.18 MILES
Finely carved facades adorn the colonial Iglesia de La Compa帽铆a on the opposite side of the 窜贸肠补濒辞 to the cathedral.
6. Basilica de Nuestra Se帽ora de la Soledad
0.2 MILES
Oaxaca doesn鈥檛 lack distinguished churches, but many locals rate the Soledad as their favorite. The original baroque facade dates from 1690; while the鈥
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You鈥檒l find art by leading figures such as Tamayo and Morales, plus a fine selection of handicrafts and rugs, at this commercial gallery founded by the鈥
8. Museo de Arte Contempor谩neo de Oaxaca
0.21 MILES
Exhibitions of first-rate contemporary Mexican and international art in a beautifully revamped colonial house.