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	Santo Domingo, Oaxaca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Church and former monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is the most important of the numerous baroque ecclesiastical buildings in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
		In the period of the revolutionary wars, the buildings were turned over to military use, and from 1866 to 1902 they served as a barracks.
		In 1972 it became a regional museum, and in 1993 the decision was taken to undertake a full restoration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santo_Domingo,_Oaxaca (314 words)

	Santo Domingo Travel
		Santo Domingo, population 2,061,200 (2003), is the capital of the Dominican Republic.
		The city was founded between the years 1496 and 1498, as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, by Bartolomeo Columbus (Bartolomé Colón), brother of Christopher Columbus, on the eastern bank of the Ozama River, and extended to the western bank in 1502 by the governor Fray Nicolás de Ovando.
		Santo Domingo is a province of the Dominican Republic.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/182/santo-domingo-travel.html (743 words)

	ALEAR : Products and Services - Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oaxaca is considered as one of the richest states of México for its prehispanic treasures and its colonial inheritance, as well as by its music, its dance and its plastic and culinary arts.
		The former convent of Santo Domingo de Guzman, is one of the greater virreinal constructions of Mexico and probably of all America, due to its monumentality, its artistic value and the role that performed as a center of evangelization and cultural promotion for Oaxaca.
		Santo Domingo is part of the Historical Center of the city of Oaxaca, that has been declared cultural patrimony of the humanity by the Organization of the United Nations for Education and Culture.
	www.alear.org /english/products/congress/tourism.asp (1123 words)

	Oaxaca Mexico
		The heart of Oaxaca Mexico is the zocalo which is full of restaurants with a view.
		By 800 AD, the city of Monte Alban was abandoned while the cities of Mitla and Yagul continued to grow and prosper until the arrival (conquest) of the Spaniards.
		So whether your reasons for falling in love with Oaxaca are based on the Spanish colonial architecture, the market, the beautiful zocalo, the nearby ruins, or indigenous crafts, Oaxaca has something that will reach your soul and bring you back again and again.
	advantagemexico.com /oaxaca (300 words)

	Oaxaca's Historic Center
		In Oaxaca you should be especially ready for happenings as so much life is lived in community and so many aspects are impromptu that you should spend your days in Oaxaca in a state of receptivity.
		She is the beloved patroness of the entire state of Oaxaca, and also a special devotion of fishermen who have given her gifts of pearls from their catch to grace her regal collection of robes embroidered in gold thread and set with precious stones and pearls.
		Oaxaca is the center of a state brimming with attractions concentrated in its capital, around the Zócalo, its magical main square.
	www.oaxacaoaxaca.com /historic-center.htm (4163 words)

	Guide to Oaxaca
		Oaxaca is an indigenous area; and if you want to buy some of the best craftwork you are ever likely to see in Mexico, Oaxaca is the place to go.
		Oaxaca is a city that retains a Spanish colonial feel, but which also reflects its indigenous heritage; they blend together wonderfully which is all part of this city’s charm.
		Oaxaca exhibits features that give this distinct location a mature character interlaced with a unique vibrancy – reasons why it is so highly spoken of by the people who know it.
	www.mexperience.com /guide/colonial/oaxaca.htm (2227 words)

	Visite México (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oaxaca, along with Puebla and Zacatecas, is a colonial city par excellence and you will find intensely rich examples of magnificent Baroque, Plateresque, Renaissance and Neoclassic architecture from different periods.
		In 1987, Oaxaca was declared a heritage of Humanity Site by UNESCO, which should give one an idea as to what is on offer: a city in which the colonial period shines with the gold of the altarpieces and the green hue of the cantera stone.
		Take a walk along the alleys leading to Santo Domingo; visit the cathedral and the Compañía de Jesús, San Agustín, San Juan de Dios, San Felipe Neri, de la Soledad and the Santa Catalina de Siena churches and those at Cuilapan, among other no less interesting examples.
	www.visitmexico.com /wb2/Visitmexico/Visi_Arquitectura_Oax (474 words)

	Oaxaca Churches & Historical Buildings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The temple of Santo Domingo, located 5 short blocks north of the Zócalo on Alcala, is considered one of Mexico's finest examples of Baroque architecture.
		Still a lively center of Oaxacan spiritual and cultural life, Santo Domingo boasts a dazzling gold-leaf interior, and numerous biblical scenes and elaborate tributes to saints, martyrs, and the church's benefactors.
		Located in the heart of the Zócalo, Oaxaca's Cathedral was first initiated in the mid 1600's (1640) and underwent a series of setback and reconstructions after earthquakes and pillages.
	www.mexonline.com /oaxaca/oxhis012.htm (532 words)

	Australia Travel Planners - nOZ Tours
		From Puerto Escondido we flew in a small plane over the mountains to Oaxaca which was the start of the cultural element of our trip.
		Oaxaca is a maze of markets selling just about everything.
		In Oaxaca we stayed in a hotel, which was a 16th century house.
	www.noztours.com.au /journal.asp?id=20 (591 words)

	Oaxaca on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The church and monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is a national monument.
		Oaxaca is noted for hand-wrought gold and silver filigree, pottery, and sarapes that rank among the finest in Mexico.
		According to Aztec tradition, Oaxaca was founded as Huasyacac in 1486, during the brief ascendancy of the Aztecs over the Mixtecs and Zapotecs; the present city was laid out by Spanish conquerors in 1529.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Oaxaca.asp (687 words)

	ISU Extension to Families: Mexico Study Tour--Journal-Day 7
		Oaxaca is known for “industry without chimneys.” There are no high buildings here because of the earthquakes.
		Oaxaca city averages 200 earthquakes each day, but because their intensity on the Richter scale is so low, we did not feel them during our visit.
		Oaxaca is named for the guajes tree, a type of acacia.
	www.extension.iastate.edu /families/mexico/day7.html (1893 words)

	Mexicanwave \| Places \| The Dominican Missions of Oaxaca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oaxaca is earthquake country, and although many of the churches and missions are elaborately decorated, the structures are massive, with stout walls and squat towers designed to resist the frequent temblors.
		Set on a rise just north of downtown Oaxaca City, this great priory was founded in the 1550s as the flagship monastery of the Dominican province of Oaxaca.
		It is adorned with numerous carved stone reliefs including this decorative plaque showing the globe and a dog with a torch in his jaws - symbols associated with St. Dominic who was born, according to a dream of his mother, to bring the light of the gospel to the world.
	www.mexicanwave.com /travel/oaxaca/missions.html (1033 words)

	The monastery of Santo Domingo de Oaxaca and current restoration work
		During the 18th century, Santo Domingo expanded, acquiring a vast number of works of art, until it became a magnificent symbol of three centuries of viceroyalty in Oaxaca.
		Archaeological exploration has revealed the type of roofs used in the monument; enabled the levels of the floors during the successive occupations to be determined, uncovered authentic architectural features and unearthed an important collection of pottery produced between the 16th and 19th centuries.
		As for the monastery orchard, there are plans to restore it as a historical, ethnobotanical garden, with a sample of the biodiversity of Oaxaca, and lo reinstate the garden of medicinal plants which once existed.
	www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx /english/centros_y_monumentos_historicos/sur/detalle.cfm?idsec=22&idsub=0&idpag=1101 (902 words)

	OAXACA TOURS, MONTE ALBAN, MITLA, OAXACA REGIONAL MUSEUM, MEXICO
		In and around the capital city, Oaxaca de Juárez are many places of interest: The Zapotec ruins of Monte Albán, Mitla and Yagul, Santo Domingo church and the Regional Museum are amoung but a few.
		Santo Domingo de Guzmán church is located in the Historic Center of Oaxaca de Juárez.
		Santo Domingo de Guzmán and the Oaxaca Regional Museum are very highly recommended for a visit during your stay in Oaxaca.
	www.hoteldelaparra.net /Epages/tours.html (494 words)

	Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of the reasons to visit Oaxaca other than their delicious food, pyramids, and culture, is their Churches.
		Santo Domingo de Guzman (Saint Dominican of Guzman) an ex-convent, was established in 1608.
		In 1993, by Presidential agreement, and under petition of the Government and the citizens of Oaxaca, the National Defence Secretary returned the structure to be used for cultural purposes.
	aleximoreno.com /index2.htm (389 words)

	Oaxaca Museums & Cultural Organizations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Regional Museum of Oaxaca is housed in a beautiful green stone building attached to Santo Domingo Church.
		The Cultural Center of Oaxaca is located at the corner of Reforma and Constitution Streets, next to Santo Domingo Church.
		In 1993 former monastery buildings and land behind Santo Domingo, which had been in military use for over a century, were handed over to the Oaxaca State Government.
	www.mexonline.com /oaxaca/oxciv013.htm (909 words)

	Newsletter 14.2 Summer 1999 (Conservation at the Getty)
		The main retablo of the Church of Santo Domingo.
		The main retablo, or altarpiece, of the Church of Santo Domingo, located in the church's apse, is composed of 11 large panel paintings and several smaller paintings, as well as 16 large sculptures in a wooden frame.
		The main retablo, as well as the numerous art objects still remaining in the church, are testimony to the importance of Yanhuitlán since the 16th century, when Dominican priests established a number of major churches and monasteries in the region.
	www.getty.edu /conservation/publications/newsletters/14_2/news1_1.html (2302 words)

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		MEXICO : OAXACA : The Church of Santo Domingo on the main zocolo or square i...
		Interior courtyard of the Santo Domingo Convent which houses the Museum of O...
		Santo Domingo women sitting amongst bricabrac items for sale in paved area...
	www.photographersdirect.com /stockimages/santo.asp (489 words)

	Oaxaca Spanish Magic - Oaxaca Spanish Magic - Spanish Language School in Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oaxaca Spanish Magic combines systematic instruction with a range of interactive media experience for students.
		Classes are held indoors and out in the garden of a Oaxaca home five blocks from the zocalo and adjacent to the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
		Oaxaca Spanish Magic has a magnificent view of Santo Domingo and the botanical garden there.
	www.lucyreid.com (498 words)

	Casa Rincón, 4 Bdrm Vacation Home - Oaxaca, Mexico, Oaxaca Vacations Rentals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Church of Santo Domingo (Iglesia de Santo Domingo), Oaxaca: This famous 16th-century baroque cathedral serves as the spiritual center of the city and also happens to be its tallest structure.
		Zocalo, Oaxaca: This plaza, ringed with stores and an 18th-century cathedral, is the center of social activity in Oaxaca.
		Cathedral of Oaxaca, Oaxaca: This lavish cathedral sits on the town's zócalo.
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	Spider Says...Oaxaca
		Oaxaca state is the most floristically diverse state in Mexico.
		Enrique was commissioned by the director of Monte Alban, Oaxaca’s most famous archeological site, to survey of the plants that grow within the 20km2 natural area that surrounds the ruins.
		The “City of the Cloud People” is located in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico where for centuries the confluence of the Atoyac and Salado rivers has brought life to the region.
	www.spidersays.net /pages/oaxaca.htm (9629 words)

	Santo Domingo de Oaxaca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This grand former priory, the mother house for the Dominican order in Oaxaca and the largest Dominican establishment in Mexico, has long been famous for its ornate church, one of the crown jewels of Mexican colonial architecture and decoration.
		The priory is also noted for its magnificent convento with multiple cloisters and surrounding conventual galleries, which house superb collections of colonial and pre-Columbian art and artifacts.
		Renovation of the former convento and its galleries, better known as El Centro Cultural Santo Domingo, a massive project that has been going forward since 1994 under the auspices of INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia) and several other national and state agencies, is now complete.
	www.west.net /~rperry/Oaxaca/domingo.html (180 words)

	The Bread Baker
		But she does say that since business is a little slow right now, she'd be glad to tell me about her work, even though she can't imagine anyone having any interest at all in what she does.
		If you're from Oaxaca and you see our bread, you know that it's from Santo Domingo Tomaltepec because all of us in Santo Domingo bake the same kind of bread.
		In Oaxaca there must be fifty different kinds of bread -- each with its own characteristic blend of ingredients, manner of being baked, and with its own unique shape.
	www.mexicanmercados.com /people/breadoax.htm (653 words)

	Study Tours - The Valley of Oaxaca Archaeology, Arts and Traditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		he charming colonial city of Oaxaca offers a unique opportunity to study and enjoy a rare combination of pre-Columbian sites, an intact Spanish colonial city and a vibrant present-day society rich in folk arts and culture.
		Wander the maze of temples and palaces festooned with reliefs, facades, paintings and friezes in the Zapotec cities of Monte Alban, Mitla and Yagul.
		Oaxaca / U.S.A. Accommodations are at the colonial-style Hostal de la Noria, located just two blocks from the zocalo, or town square.
	www.nationaltrust.org /study_tours/catalog05/oaxaca.html (138 words)

	UC Berkeley Extension—Travel with Scholars
		A strong Indian presence still exists in Oaxaca, and its fascinating mix of Zapotec, Yucatec, and Mixtec peoples has contributed greatly to the region’s rich cultural and historical legacy.
		Within Oaxaca itself you view many fine examples of Spanish colonial architecture, including the magnificent baroque church of Santo Domingo.
		In Oaxaca Valley you explore charming villages known for such crafts as fl pottery, carved wooden animals, and hand woven textiles.
	www.unex.berkeley.edu /travel/oaxaca.html (409 words)

	Oaxaca Cultural Center
		No matter what your religious denomination, everyone agrees that the Church of Santo Domingo is a work of art.
		The Church of Santo Domingo was built on a grand scale with walls in some places as much as 10 meters thick.
		When you approach Santo Domingo, you will see the entrance to the Church of Santo Domingo on the Right, and the entrance to the Oaxaca Cultural Center on the left.
	www.advantagemexico.com /oaxaca/santo_domingo.html (221 words)

	Oaxaca vacation rentals Mexico Home
		Oaxaca has peaks almost 10,000 feet (more than 3,000 meters) high, caverns among the deepest in the world, virgin beaches, hidden jungles, and luminous valleys that house populations where, as a crucible, cultures of all people who once lived in its midst come together.
		Oaxaca, the State Capital, declared Humanity’s Cultural Patrimony by UNESCO, owes its fame to the beauty and harmony of its architecture, the richness of its cultural traditions, the wide variety of its typical foods, and its soft temperate climate, spring-like throughout the year.
		Part of the Santo Domingo de Guzman Cultural Center, this garden features live plants from many regions of the state Oaxaca.
	www.greatrentals.com /Mexico/11687.html (1315 words)

	Proceso: En el Centro Cultural Santo Domingo en Oaxaca, se desterró 'el espíritu' de la sociedad civil. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Proceso: En el Centro Cultural Santo Domingo en Oaxaca, se desterró 'el espíritu' de la sociedad civil.
		(México)(TT: In the Cultural Center Santo Domingo in Oaxaca, 'the siprit' of civil society was absent)
		OAXACA, OAX.- Después del relumbrón y la fastuosa fiesta de apertura en esta ciudad del Centro Cultural Santo Domingo de Guzmán, los pintores Francisco Toledo y Sergio Hernández avizoran para él "un futuro incierto".
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:21134226&... (261 words)

	Christian Iconography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The glass of the case is streaked with wax left when parishioners rub candles across it in the sign of the cross.
		Other parishioners were observed to bring marigolds from other parts of the church, rub them on the glass, and crumble the blossoms over the table in front of the santo.
		In Mitla, another town in the state of Oaxaca, a similar statue of a saint in flames was unhesitatingly identified by the women of the Hermandad of the Virgin of Carmen as "San Francisco." However, the Ocotlán figure has no stigmata or other features associated with St. Francis.
	www.aug.edu /augusta/iconography/oaxaca/ocotlan/saintFire.html (202 words)

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