Architect and engineer . The National Highway approach to the Aztec Pyramid of the Sun, at San Juan Teutihuacan. This ancient structure, im-pressive in magnitude, is 761 feet by 721 feet at the base and 216 feet high. It dominates a collection of varied Aztecruins so vast in extent as to stagger the imagination. Photograph by the Massive Colonial stone bridge on the historic Borda Stone Highway, between Cuernavaca and Taxco, on the main routefrom Mexico City to Acapulco. Note shrubbery growing out of the masonry, nourished by heavy seasonal rains. Photo-graph by the author. 78 AUCHITL
Architect and engineer . The National Highway approach to the Aztec Pyramid of the Sun, at San Juan Teutihuacan. This ancient structure, im-pressive in magnitude, is 761 feet by 721 feet at the base and 216 feet high. It dominates a collection of varied Aztecruins so vast in extent as to stagger the imagination. Photograph by the Massive Colonial stone bridge on the historic Borda Stone Highway, between Cuernavaca and Taxco, on the main routefrom Mexico City to Acapulco. Note shrubbery growing out of the masonry, nourished by heavy seasonal rains. Photo-graph by the author. 78 AUCHITLCT AND ENGINEER. August, 1930 ice stations are far apart and the cost ofgasoline is high. Yet for those who arewilling to meet some inconvenience andodd circumstances in motoring, the rewardis great beyond expectation. With a wealth of natural, magnificentscenery in plains, forests, mountains, val-leys, lakes, seashore and clouds; in its treas-ures of Aztec and Spanish Colonial archi-tecture; and on account of its revelation ofquaint, colorful customs among the Indians,Mexico abounds in surprises and in beautythat stir imagination, appreciation and in-spiration to the highest levels. Because itis so utterly different from our UnitedStates in topography, scenery, climate andcustoms, as well as in flora and fauna, it islike a vast v
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