<< Our Photo Pages >> Parque Museo La Venta - Sculptured Stone in Mexico in Tabasco
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Site WatchSite Name: Parque Museo La VentaCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 2.735 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Tabasco Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Villahermosa
Latitude: 18.001500N Longitude: 92.9341W
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 |
0 | no data |
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SolarMegalith visited on 1st Mar 2002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1992 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
DrewParsons have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
Unfortunately weathering, particularly with acidic city atmosphere also threatens the stones. Many carved stones are displayed outdoors in a forest landscape and are lighted at night. An indoor museum is on site. There is also a small zoo with native animals, birds and reptiles in enclosures made to look as part of an abandoned Olmec site. In January 2009, two vandals permanently stained most of the stones displayed outside in the park. See the attached comment.
Note: Article in Time magazine about an Olmec Art exhibition in Washington
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