In Centro you can still find three colonial arches: San Juan, the “del Puente” arch, and the “Dragones” arch. The arches marked the main entry/exit points in the city wall that divided where the Spanish and criollos (children of the Spanish born in America) lived and where the indigenous people (mulatos and mestizos) lived.
Starts at 8! Pok Ta Pok, a ball game played by the Mayans, was not only a ritual, but also a metaphor that represented the constant struggle between the forces of good and evil, as well as the cycle of life and death.
Starts at 8! Diálogos del Conquistador is a video mapping presentation that takes place at Casa Montejo. A (subtitled) interaction between Francisco de Montejo and a Maya leader.
Starts at 9! The evening is full of joy and music in the form of different bands, singers, and dancers.
Housed in the former archbishop’s palace, the museum’s impressive collection holds permanent exhibitions of Yucatán’s most famous painters of the Realist and Ruptura periods, as well as rotating exhibitions of contemporary art from Mexico and abroad.
Fernando Castro Pacheco’s 27 murals show various stages of local history of the Caste War and slavery associated with the henequen trade.
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