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This huge rural church on the way to Uxmal is now virtually abandoned.  
   

This huge rural church on the way to Uxmal is now virtually abandoned.

Uxmal and two other interesting sites

January 6th 2015
Although Uxmal isn’t as large a site as Chichén Itzá, it’s farther from Cancún, so it isn’t overrun with tourists. Before it was abandoned in the 10th century AD it was a city of about 25,000. There were apparently no <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cenotes there, which may be why Uxmal was abandoned roughly at the time when Chichén Itzá, which did have <em style=" ... 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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