Mitla

200 ADMexico

CountryMexico

Date200 AD

RegionOaxaca

About Mitla

The Zapotec city of the dead. Unique geometric mosaics made of thousands of cut stone pieces fitted without mortar. The patterns are so complex they inspired Frank Lloyd Wright. Five main groups of buildings.

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