Monte Alban
Five miles to the west of Oaxaca City lie the spectacular Monte Alban ruins, perched on a mountaintop high above the surrounding valleys. Leaving Oaxaca below and to the east, the access road winds steeply up a hillside, bringing you shortly to a parking area near the site entrance and it's museum.
Monte Alban
From about 500 B.C. through 800 A.D., Monte Alban flourished as the capital of the Zapotecs. Its great structures, formed of irregular stones and mud faced with cut stone and sometimes stucco, many decorated with elaborate reliefs, overlook the surrounding valleys. |
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