Category: HISTORY
The Dominican Route: Sixteenth-Century Stone and Devotion
After the conquest, Dominican friars raised stone churches and convents across Oaxaca that are still recognised by their vaults, their altarpieces and their open chapels. The Dominican Route brings together the five that stand out, all from the sixteenth century, in the years of evangelisation. San Pedro Apóstol, Villa de Etla Dominican friars built it… Read more
Teotitlán del Valle: Weaving Wool, Dyeing with Cochineal
A pedal loom, sheep's wool and a red drawn from an insect, the cochineal. In Teotitlán del Valle these are the materials of the tapete, the handwoven wool rug that has given this village of the Central Valleys its name in textiles. Other communities in Oaxaca weave them too, but Teotitlán is the one most… Read more