Merida will surprise and
charm you. The images below are found in the vicinity of
Hotel Montejo Palace
on Avenida Paseo Montejo.
This awesome sculpture Monumento a la patria traces the history of Mexico sculptured in stone. A few blocks from Hotel Montejo Palace.
After the monument begins the Prolongacion de Montejo an upbeat area going to Gran Plaza, the third largest mall in the country.
See the history of Mexico from the time of the conquest to the independence to the revolution up to the installation of the CancunSteve offices in Cancun.
Merida was founded in 1542 by Francisco (Pancho) de Montejo el Mozo over the ancient Mayan city of Tiho.
The outside of the must-see Museum of Anthropology in Merida just one block from the hotel Montejo Palace Hotel.
Also be sure to vist the cathedral in the zocolo downtown (oldest in the American mainland).
And next door is the conemporary art museum Macay. A must!
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Inside the Anthropology Museum of Merida. One block from
Hotel Montejo Palace . Discover why the Jaguar was so important to the Mayans who's word for Jaguar was Baalam.
Merida main page a stroll on Paseo Montejo
more Merida information and a CancunSteve animation
Merida informacion en Espaņol
Ruins in Merida area plus the piece that mystified the archeologists
Hotel Montejo Palace
Merida Mision hotel
Merida downtown B&B
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