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Mitla: Mitla, (Nahuatl = abode of the dead), the religious center of the Zapotec Empire, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Built in the 13th century.
The buildings, unlike the pyramidal structures of most Middle American architecture, are low, horizontal masses enclosing the plazas. Wall panels, decorated with hard stucco and intricate mosaics, show more than 20 different patterns of a single motif — the stepped spiral....read more
