Showing posts with label MEXICO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MEXICO. Show all posts

Monday, August 3, 2015

Sunset in Isla Mujeres, Mexico


 The island is part of the  Isla Mujeres Municipality  in the State of  Quintana Roo Mexico .

This card is sent from Canada.

Isla Mujeres, Mexico


 Isla Mujeres   is an island in the  Caribbean Sea , about 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) off the  Yucatán Peninsula  coast. The island is some 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) long and 650 meters (2,130 ft) wide. To the east is the  Caribbean Sea  with a strong  surf  and  rocky  coast, and to the west the skyline of Cancún can be seen across the clear waters. In the 2010 census, the namesake town on the island had a population of 12,642 inhabitants
 
This card is with Canadian stamps.


Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City


 The  Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven   is the largest  cathedral  in the  Americas ,  and seat of the  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico .  It is situated atop the former  Aztec  sacred precinct near the  Templo Mayor  on the northern side of the  Plaza de la Constitución  in Downtown Mexico City. The cathedral was built in sections from 1573 to 1813 around the original church that was constructed soon after the  Spanish conquest  of  Tenochtitlan , eventually replacing it entirely. Spanish architect  Claudio de Arciniega  planned the construction, drawing inspiration from  Gothic  cathedrals in Spain.

San Juan Delos Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico


 San Juan de los Lagos  is a town and  municipality  located in the northeast corner of the state of  Jalisco Mexico , in a region known as  Los Altos . It is best known as the home of a small image of the Virgin Mary called  Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos  or in  Nahuatl  Cihuapilli, which means "Great Lady." Since the first major miracle ascribed to her in 1632, she has been venerated especially for cases involving mortal danger. The miracles ascribed to her have made ​​the basilica in which she is found a major tourist attraction, which has shaped the town's history to this day. The economy of the town is still heavily dependent on the flow of pilgrims which has amounted to between seven and nine million people per year.

Sian Ka'an, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Sian Ka'an is a biosphere reserve in the municipality of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It was established in 1986 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.


Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico

Monte Albán  is a large  pre-Columbian  archaeological site  in the  Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan  Municipality in the southern  Mexican  state of  Oaxaca. The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the  Valley of Oaxaca  where the latter's northern  Etla , eastern  Tlacolula , and southern  Zimatlán  &  Ocotlán  (or  Valle Grande ) branches meet. The present-day state capital  Oaxaca City is located approximately 9 km (6 mi) east of Monte Albán.


Saturday, February 21, 2015

Santo Domingo Church, Oaxaca, Mexico

The Church and former monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (SpanishTemplo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán) is a Baroque ecclesiastical building complex in Oaxaca, OaxacaMexico. The complex includes a substantial sanctuary and an extensive system of courtyards, cloisters and rooms that formerly constituted the monastery



Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico


The Yucatán Peninsula (SpanishPenínsula de Yucatán), in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. The peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a northwesterngeographic partition separating the region of Central America from the rest of North America.
The peninsula comprises the Mexican states of YucatánCampeche, and Quintana Roo; the northern part of the nation of Belize; andGuatemala's northern El Petén Department.