Izamal
There are 17 towns in Mexico that the government has deemed 'magical' and this is one of them. The entire town is painted yellow and incorporates three cultures - Maya, colonial, and present day. It is called the city of hills and is nestled in the center of the Yucatan Penninsula, thought to be the oldest city in the Yucatan. Maya temples are settled in between modern houses and buildings throughout the city. The best way to see this is through a tour in a horse carriage. Another claim to fame of Izamal is the 1993 visit of Pope John Paul.
This is the Fanciscan convent from when the Spaniards conquered Izamal and rushed to convert the population to Catholicism. The convent is built over a Maya temple, using the stones from the temple for the structure. They destroyed more than the temple as the monk Fray Diego de Landa who burned all indigenous scripts. Later he attempted to rewrite what he could of the Maya.
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