Looking north along Calle Tinoco y Palacios, Ciudad de Oaxaca. ...

Looking north along Calle Tinoco y Palacios, Ciudad de Oaxaca. ...

Calle Tinoco y Palacios, with the church of San Felipe Neri

Basílica de la Soledad, Cd de Oaxaca. ...

Basílica de la Soledad, Cd de Oaxaca. ...

Basílica de la Soledad

Looking west along Calle Morelos, Cd de Oaxaca. ...

Looking west along Calle Morelos, Cd de Oaxaca. ...

Calle Morelos

The city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca (formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honour of Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...19th_century This is a list of presidents of Mexico. ...president and national hero Benito Juárez Benito Juárez (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Indian who served two terms (1861-1863 and 1867-1872) as President of Mexico. ...Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital and main city of the The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to...Mexican state of the same name. It is located in the Oaxaca Valley in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains, at 17.07°, N 96.72° W. The important Monte Albán archaeological site is close to the city. In 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...2003 the estimated population was 259,600 people.

History

There have been Zapotec refers to a native people of Mexico, their language family consisting of more than 15 languages, and their historic culture and traditions. ...Zapotec and Mixtec settlements in the general area of the modern city of Oaxaca for thousands of years, in connection with the important ancient centres of Monte Albán and Mitla is a town in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, famous for its pre_Columbian Mesoamerican buildings. ...Mitla. The colonial city, however, dates from Events May 16 _ Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ...1532, when Spanish settlers who had followed _1...Hernán Cortés' conquistadores successfully petitioned the Queen of The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ...Spain for a grant of land. They had already founded a city in the neighbourhood, under the name of Antequera, on the basis of a charter from King Charles (February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) from 1519_1558; he was also King of Spain from 1516-1556, officially as Charles I of Spain, although often referred to as Charles V (Carlos Quinto or Carlos V) in Spain and Latin America. ...Carlos V of Spain, but Cortés had successfully sought to have the entire Valle de Oaxaca declared as part of his personal marquisate, and to have the settlers removed. The queen's charter however secured the townspeople's rights, and the modern city grew up within and around the one_ This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...league square that they were granted.

The historic centre of the city is laid out in typical Spanish colonial style, with a rectangular grid of streets surrounding a central square, the zócalo. Most of the important buildings are within this central area.

Tourism

Oaxaca is far more than a tourist destination, and tourism does not dominate the city's life. Nonetheless, it does have a significant A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...tourist trade, based on its numerous Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint The Baroque was a style in art that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce...baroque churches and religious buildings (many of which have recently been restored), its proximity to Monte Albán, the ready availability of attractive local craft products in its markets and in local villages, and on a reputation for a relaxed style of life and friendly and courteous local population. It has a very wide range of cafés and restaurants, many of them specialising in the distinctive regional cuisine and some of them claimed to be among the best in Mexico.

Important buildings

Earthquakes damaged or destroyed many of the earliest buildings in the city, so most of those that currently exist date from no earlier than the beginning of the (17th century _ 18th century _ 19th century _ more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...18th century.

• Churches and religious buildings
  • Cathedral, replacing an earlier building and completed in Events February 12 _ British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ...1733, which contains the Santa Cruz de Huatalco dating from Events January 20 _ Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ...1612
  • The Church and former monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is the most important of the numerous baroque ecclesiastical buildings in Oaxaca, Mexico. ...Church and former convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán
  • Church of San Augustin, completed in Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well_Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ...1722.
  • Church and former monastery of St John of God (Templo y Exconvento de San Juan de Dios), Oaxaca's oldest church still standing, completed in Events February 2 – Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 _ In Japan the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 _ Earthquake in Italy May 27 – Founding of St Petersburg May 26 – Portugal joins Great Alliance July 29_31 _ Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious...1703.
  • Church of San Felipe Neri
  • Former convent (Ex convento) of San Catalina (now the Hotel Camino Real, but open for viewing)
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, which contains a statue of the Virgin of Solitude, crowned with a 2 kg solid gold crown studded with diamonds – though this was the subject of a theft recently.
• Government buildings
  • Governor's palace (Palacio de Gobierno), dating from 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...1884 though on the site of several earlier buildings serving the same purpose.
• Museums and the arts
  • Centro Cultural de Santo Domingo, occupying the former monastery buildings attached to Santo Domingo church, and beautifully restored in the Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...1990s to serve as a museum of Oaxacan life from pre_Columban days to the present. Some important artefacts from Monte Albán are displayed here.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, MACO), housed in the so_called Casa de Cortés. This is a beautiful colonial building, though as it dates from after the death of Hernán Cortés, it can never actually have served as his house.
  • Rufino Tamayo museum (Museo Arte Prehipánico de Rufino Tamayo), with an important collection of pre_Columban art, arranged in an unusual aesthetic and thematic manner
  • Museo de la Soledad, next to the Church of the Soledad.
  • Instituto de Artes Gráficos de Oaxaca
  • Casa de Juárez, a museum devoted to the life of Benito Juárez
  • Photography Museum, the Centro de Fotografía Álvarez Bravo
  • Stamp Museum, the Museo Philatélica de Oaxaca
  • Railway Museum of Southern Mexico, in the former mainline railway station
  • Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, which as well as being a working theatre houses a collection of romantic art.
  • Planetarium, on the Cerro del Fortín
• Commercial buildings
  • Juárez market
  • 20 de Noviembre market
  • Crafts market (Mercado des Artesanías)
  • Mercado de Abastos
  • Los Arquitos (former aqueduct)
• Parks and gardens
  • The Zócalo
  • Alameda de Léon, diagonally adjacent to the zócalo and in front of the cathedral
  • Ethnobotanical garden, surrounding the former monastery of Santo Domingo
  • Parque Benito Juárez
  • Cerro de Fortín, overlooking the highway that enters the city from Mexico City, and bearing in stone letters Benito Juárez's slogan, "El respetp al derecho ajeno es la paz" (Respect for others' rights is peace)
  • Parque Comunal de San Felipe, bordering the city and accessed via the suburb of San Felipe del Agua, and including the 3250_metre Cerro La Peña

Famous Oaxacans

Important people associated with Oaxaca include

• Benito Juárez Benito Juárez (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Indian who served two terms (1861-1863 and 1867-1872) as President of Mexico. ...Benito Juárez
• Term of Office: 29 November 1876 – 25 May 1911 Preceded by: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Succeeded by: Francisco León de la Barra interim Date of birth: 15 September 1830 Place of birth: Oaxaca, Oaxaca Date of death: 2 July 1915 Place of death: Paris, France Profession: Army General First Lady...Porfirio Díaz
• Margarita Maza, wife of Benito Juárez
• Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899 _ June 24, 1991) was a popular modern Mexican painter. ...Rufino Tamayo

Education

Oaxaca is the site of the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, which has buildings throughout the city centre. The Universidad de Mesoamérica also has a base in the city.

Transport

Oaxaca_Xoxocotlan airport ( The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...IATA code OAX) is approximately 10 km south of the city centre. Most flights are to Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ...Mexico City for onward connection, but there are also flights to Huatulco, Cancún is a coastal city in Quintana Roo, Mexicos easternmost state. ...Cancún, and Geography Tijuana is a city in northwestern Mexico. ...Tijuana

The city has separate first class and second class The Bus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ...bus stations, offering services to most places within the state of Oaxaca, including the coastal resorts of Huatulco, Puerto Escondido (literally: Hidden Port) is a port city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. ...Puerto Escondido, Puerto Ángel and Pinotepa Nacional, and also long_distance services to Puebla is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ...Puebla and Mexico City and other Mexican locations such as Veracruz is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ...Veracruz.

The major highways serving Oaxaca are Toll roads are named after the parallel free road, with the letter D added; for example, Mexican Federal Highway 1D parallels Mexican Federal Highway 1. ...Federal Highways 175 and 131, southwards to the Oaxacan coastal resorts; National Highways 190 and 125, southwest to Pinotepa Nacional, Guerrero; National Highways 190 and 130, to Mexico City; the autopista 150D/131D, offering a more rapid route to Mexico City; and National Highway 175 north to Veracruz is the name of both a state in Mexico and that states largest city. ...Veracruz, Veracruz.