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The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

This piece of a Renaissance-era Spanish castle remained lost for decades.

A close look at the church's walls reveals pieces of Mexico's history.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

Resembling a 15th century medieval fortress, this home once belonged to a legend of Mexican cinema.

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

The entrance to an early 20th-century cultural center features murals that deal with the cultural fusion that characterizes Mexico.

This ancient gaming tool was unearthed during the construction of this former town's central square.

A unique hybrid of fountain, stained glass and monument, designed and built by a notable architect-engineer team.

The heart of Pachuca's small museum district pays tribute to a unique figure of Hidalguense history.

The 19th-century hacienda house is filled with Aztec sculptures.

An archaeological museum at the Aztec pyramid displays signs of the New Fire ritual performed every 52 years.

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

This museum tells the history of Day of the Dead sugar sculptures.

The curious flowers of this hard-to-find tree are shaped like little hands.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."