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| | Our Mexico -- Zacatecas, the City of Silver |
 | | The silver trade brought the promise of great wealth and everything that follows in its wake--urban centers, farming, commerce, craftsmen, and the livestock herds that begat the modern-day ranches which fill the expanses of northern Mexico. |
 | | Above all else, in appeal and literally, is the teleferico, a suspended cable-car trip between the twin peaks that bookend the historical center of the city. |
 | | Raphael Coronel inherited part of the collection he bequeathed to his native city from Diego Rivera, who was his father-in-law, and there are also examples of the work from all three artists--Diego and his daughter Ruth Rivera, and Raphael Coronel--in the rambling Ex-Convento de San Francisco, as well as a quirky collection of puppets. |
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