Monte Alban Oaxaca Mexico

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Outside the City of Oaxaca, perched on a mountain are the ruins of the former Zapotec captial of Monte Alban. The city flourished under the Zapotecs from about 500 BC to 800 AD and then under the Mixtecs until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores.

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