“Visit a Latin American city built during the colonial period and you’ll almost always find the same urban layout in the historic downtown: a central plaza flanked by a church and several government buildings. In every Spanish-speaking country, this place is called the Plaza de Armas or Plaza Mayor. Every country, that is, except for Mexico. Here, a city’s central square is its zócalo. Why the difference?”
MND Staff
The story behind why Mexico uniquely calls its city squares by a different name involves a revolutionary, a failed independence monument and a stone base left in Mexico City’s main…
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Where to stay, what to eat, what to see — Bethany Platanella has got everything you’ll ever need to know for a great weekend in Tepoztlán.
