Category: Historic Yucatan
Palacio Cantón restoration works are almost done
MERIDA — The director of the Palacio Cantón Museum, Giovana Jaspersen García, proudly says that.
Yucatán’s First Highway
February 29, 1933. After a long day of walking, Alfonso Villa Rojas arrived at the.
Yucatan’s Greatest Hit
This is the last of the monthly “Surprising History” articles, concluding the series after two.
First Spark and Revolution
[Link to “Surprising History in Yucatán” — Introduction to the Series] November 20 is Revolution.
A Potemkin Village for Porfirio Díaz
[Link to “Surprising History in Yucatán” — Introduction to the Series] President Porfirio Díaz.
The Remarkable O’Horáns
[Link to “Surprising History in Yucatán” — Introduction to the Series] Governor, president, senator, general,.
497 years ago today, Hernán Cortes arrived in Mexico (for better or worse)
If you were around 497 years ago today (March 4, 1519), you would have witnessed.
Campeche enthralls with Mexico’s rich history
Campeche takes your breath away. In the center of this colonial city on the Gulf.
When Did the Caste War End? Part 2 — The Power of General May
[Link to “Surprising History in Yucatán” — Introduction to the Series] Continued from The Yucatan.
New book offers chance to “take a ride” with conquistadors
If all you know about the conquistadors is what you learned in school, or if.
