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Mitla

American  
[meet-lah] / ˈmit lɑ /

noun

  1. the ruins of a Zapotec Indian city near Oaxaca, Mexico, yielding elaborate remains of temples and other artifacts.


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Great tacos weren’t the only reason I wanted to visit Mitla.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

Mitla Cafe, meanwhile, became an Inland Empire institution, hosting the likes of Cesar Chavez and other Mexican American leaders.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

Five main sets of ruins are scattered throughout the small modern tourist hub that is San Pablo Villa de Mitla.

From New York Times Dec. 23, 2023

Spanish chroniclers christened Mitla the Vatican of the Zapotec religion, and its wonders were said to continue underground.

From New York Times Dec. 23, 2023

The most remarkable example of such a cruciform crypt is, however, that situated beneath the palace of Mitla, which has been figured by Dupaix in Lord Kingsborough's Mexican Antiquities, vol. ix.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall

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