Excerpt from the “Off the Grid” feature in the January/February 2025 issue of Archeology magazine features some historical and current information about our Sister City Patzcuaro (Mexico):
“WHILE YOU’RE THERE
Housed in an eighteenth-century mansion, the State Museum of Michoacán in the capital city of Morelia has a number of Purépecha artifacts on display. The site of Ihuatzio, which is eight miles south of Tzintzuntzan, is another important Purépecha city open to visitors. Two small square pyramids there offer an interesting contrast to the five yácatas that stand at Tzintzuntzan. Cohen recommends taking a ferry to Lake Pátzcuaro’s island of Janitzio—which is famous for its elaborate Day of the Dead processions—and ordering the fried fish dish charales. The city of Pátzcuaro, on the lake’s southern shore, makes a good base for a trip to the area. Filled with elegant sixteenth- and seventeenth-century architecture, Pátzcuaro dates to the days of the Purépecha Empire, when a pyramid once rose above the city.”
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