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| | TUCSON'S BARRIO LIBRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | the division known as the Barrio Libre, with its tortuous lanes and alleys, its uninviting adobes with their cool, roomy courtyards in the interiors, its motley population of Mexicans and Indians, and the mellifluous chatter of la lengua oastellana, looks a bit of old Mexico transplanted to the Northern Republic." |
 | | Here, the Mescalian could imbibe his fill, and either male or female could, in peaceful intoxication, sleep on the sidewalk or in the middle of the streets, with all their ancient rights respected. |
 | | A 'free district' such as the Barrio Libre, outside the city's tight control, was a very important element in a city complex. |
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