<< Our Photo Pages >> Monte Alban - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Oaxaca
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Multi-periodSite Name: Monte AlbanCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 52.604 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Oaxaca Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Oaxaca, Mexico
Latitude: 17.044080N Longitude: 96.76818W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.6 Ambience: 4.2 Access: 4.6
The main Zapotec Culture political and economic capital. This hill top site with pyramids and other monumental buildings is sites on a ridge line that was artificially leveled to create a building base.
The first constructions occurred in 500 BC, but the city had its maximum influence from 100BC through 500 AD. Sometime after 700 AD the site was abandoned as a large population center or a capital, but some reuse of structures continued into the colonial period.
Surrounding the main site are hundreds of artificial terraces and clusters on villages and farmsteads.
The site is open to the public and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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