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Fashioning the Colonial Metropolis: Asian Influences and Urban Identities in Colonial Mexico City

Posted on 4. January 2016 by Global Urban History

Nino Vallen, Freie Universität Berlin At the end of the seventeenth century, the Mexican artist Cristóbal de Villalpando painted the main square of Mexico City. His image of the zócalo depicts approximately 1,200 persons strolling around or standing in groups … Continue reading →

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