Hotel Casa Grande Wall in Taxco, Mexico

Taxco de Alarcón is known as a Mexican viceregal city where most of its constructions date from the New Spain Baroque period. At that time, those who could not afford to have elaborate facades carved in quarry asked to decorate the walls with illustrations made with pebbles at the time of construction. According to the history of the Hotel Casa Grande, the property dates back to 1571. It was the site where the hero of independence, Morelos, kept a barracks, and the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata had another. The funny thing…

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