The place where the Gods were made

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  Teotihuacan, México, Mexico
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Calor! Muito calor! Assim se define o tempo por estas bandas. Depois de semanas entre o frio e o  "mais ou menos", temos finalmente calor a sério! E hoje foi mesmo para torrar, andámos o dia todo "fora de casa". Começámos por visitar a Plaza de Las 3 Culturas, uma zona arqueológica que reflecte 3 importantes etapas da história do México: préhispânica, colonial e contemporânea. Depois seguimos para a Basílica de Guadalupe, uma espécie de Fátima do México. Finalmente, e para grande atracção do dia, saímos da cidade em direcção a Teotihuacan, nome dado pelos mexicanos e que significa "lugar onde foram feitos os deuses". O complexo arqueológico azteca é composto principalmente pelas pirâmides do Sol e da Lua, o Caminho dos Mortos, Palácio dos Jaguares e Templo de Quetzalcátl. Teotihuacan foi inscrito pela UNESCO como Património da Humanidade em 1987.

Heat! Lots of it! This is how we can define the weather around here. After several weeks between the cold and "so so", we can finally say it's hot! And today was really for toastin', we spent the whole day "outdoors". We started by visiting the Plaza de Las 3 Culturas (3 Cultures Square), an archeological site that reflects 3 important steps in the history of Mexico: prehispanic, colonial and contemporary. We then went on to visit Guadalupe's Basilica, kind of Mexico's Fatima (Fatima is a world famous catholic site in Portugal). Finally, for the great attraction of the day, we left town and headed to Teotihuacan, the name given by the mexicans and that means "The place where the Gods were made". This aztec archeological site is mainly composed by the Sun and Moon Pyramids, the Path of the Dead, the Jaguars' Palace and the Temple of Quetzalcátl. Teotihuacan was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.

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Plaza de Las 3 Culturas	The lovers	Santiago Church	Santiago Church - inside
Stained glass window	The old Guadalupe's Basilica	Inside the old basilica	Statue of John Paul II
Church bells	The new Guadalupe's church	Inside the new church	The cloak (Manto)
Archeological complex of Atetelco Tetitla	SLB! SLB!	The magic cactus	First paper sheet in Mexico
Working the stone	Some results of that work	Temple of the Moon at Teotihuacan	Teotihuacan
Temple of the Sun	View to Path of the Dead	On top of the Temple of the Moon	Ready to climb it up?
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