The huge central Iglesia de San Lorenzo was rebuilt following a fire in 1975. Today there are often masses of flowers on the altar. Photography is banned in the church and churchyard.
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An atmospheric museum-research center, Na Bolom for many years was the home of Swiss anthropologist and photographer Gertrude Duby-Blom (Trudy Blom; 1901鈥
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To take your evening paseo (stroll) with the locals, stop by this leafy plaza, just eight blocks west of Plaza C铆vica. The whole city seems to turn out鈥
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Standing beside the main plaza, Chamula鈥檚 main church is a ghostly white, with a vividly painted arch of green and blue. Inside the darkened sanctuary,鈥
Templo & Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo de Guzm谩n
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Zool贸gico Miguel 脕lvarez del Toro
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Museo de Sergio Arturo Castro Mart铆nez
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Jard铆n Bot谩nico Dr Faustino Miranda
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Standing beside the main plaza, Chamula鈥檚 main church is a ghostly white, with a vividly painted arch of green and blue. Inside the darkened sanctuary,鈥
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Dating from 1537, the Iglesia de la Merced is often seen in postcards of San Crist贸bal festooned in colorful flags. The interior of the sacristy has an鈥
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Chiapas amber 鈥 fossilized pine resin that's around 30 million years old 鈥 is known for its clarity and diverse colors. Most is mined around Simojovel,鈥
4. Museo de Sergio Arturo Castro Mart铆nez
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The story behind this extraordinary collection 鈥 that's overseen by an even more extraordinary person, Don Sergio 鈥 is as interesting as the museum itself鈥
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This space pays homage to the various techniques and practices of indigenous traditional medicine of the Tzotzil and Tzeltal peoples in Chiapas. The鈥
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A church atop the Cerro de San Crist贸bal from which there are good views across the town.
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The hot slog up the Cerro de San Crist贸bal will pay you back with big views over the city and surrounds.
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Attractive red-and-white church in one of the town's oldest neighbourhoods. Founded in 1594 as a small hermitage it was rebuilt as a larger church after鈥