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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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Irene Montaño, a daughter-in-law of the founders, was thinking of selling or closing when I told the Mitla story in my 2012 book, “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

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

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

Whether the stupendous ruins of temples found at Mitla, Palenque, and Uxmal were the work of the Toltecs or the Aztecs, is immaterial.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various

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