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Located in the state with which it shares its name, Oaxaca de Juárez (also known as Oaxaca City or simply Oaxaca) is one of the most important destinations in Mexico, owing to its cultural and artistic legacies. This 500 year-old city, founded by the Spanish but richly developed upon thousands of years of Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Center and home to artists and artisans offering a unique cultural and artistic cross-pollination.

Oaxacan art seems to spring from some mysterious and magical place inhabited by dreams and inspiration from the ancient …