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Cholula

July 19th 2007
Ten km west of Puebla stands the widest pyramid ever built, Piramide Tepanapa - the Great Pyramid of Cholula. By the 4th century AD, it measured 450m along each side of the base and was 65 m high, making it larger in volume than Egypt's Pyramid of Cheops. Now overgrown and topped by a Church, thanks to the Spanish, it's difficult to recognize, but still worth the visit because it's history is stil ... read more
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Mexican Flag The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more
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