Touring Patzcuaro in Mexico
Patzcuaro in the region of Michoacán with its 49,016 citizens is a city located in Mexico - some 161 mi or ( 259 km ) West of Mexico City , the country's capital city .
Time in Patzcuaro is now 03:10 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Toluca, Puebla, Mexico City, Villa Escalante, and Tzintzuntzan. Being here already, consider visiting Toluca . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Patzcuaro ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Taco stands in Patzcuaro, Michoacan,Mexico
This is a row of my favoite taco stands in the market at Patzcuaro Mexico ..
Painting around Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico
Anthony Holdsworth leads a painting expedition to Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico. This slide show focuses on colonial and indigenous Purepecha culture and the arttists' work. Some Purepecha music ..
Visita de Pátzcuaro ciudad colonial y pueblo magico, Ciudad de Michoacán
Patzcuaro is an enchantment without equal , that is why the ancient inhabitants of Michoacán, in the days of the purépechas kings chose it to be the place of recreation for the indigenous nobility, an ..
Basilica de Nuetra señora de la salud, Patzcuaro, 2007
Es el templo más importante de Pátzcuaro, resultado de varias reconstrucciones. Funcionó como Sede Catedralicia hasta que ésta fue trasladada a Valladolid, hoy Morelia, en 1580. En él se venera a la V ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Tocuaro
Tocuaro is a small village near Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:19.539|-101.694|type:city_region:MX|||||| |primary |name= }} 45px This article about a location in the Mexican state of Michoacán is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte it is 340 km. from Mexico city.
Located at 19.54 -101.69 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site)
Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Tarascan state capital of the same name. The name comes from the P'urhépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds". After being in Pátzcuaro for the first years of the Tarascan empire, power was consolidated in Tzintzuntzan in the mid 15th century. The empire continued to grow and hold off attacks by the neighboring Aztec Empire, until the Spanish arrived.
Located at 19.62 -101.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Punzo family (copper crafts)
The Punzo family contains two of the best known copper and silver smiths located in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, Mexico. The family descends from copper smith Carlos Punzo Córdoba. The two main smiths today are brothers Abdón Punzo Ángel and Ignacio Punzo Ángel, each of whom has his own workshop in which their sons and grandsons work and learn the craft of working copper and silver.
Located at 19.41 -101.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Santa Clara del Cobre
Santa Clara del Cobre is a town and municipality located in the center of the state of Michoacán, Mexico, 18 km from Pátzcuaro and 79 km from the state capital of Morelia. While the official name of the municipality is Salvador Escalante, and the town is often marked as "Villa Escalante" or "Salvador Escalante" on maps, both entities are interchangeably called Santa Clara del Cobre. The town is part of the Pátzcuaro region of Michoacán, and ethnically dominated by the P'urhépecha people.
Located at 19.41 -101.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Lake Pátzcuaro
Lake Pátzcuaro is a lake in the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. The natives believe that the lake is the place where the barrier between life and death is the thinnest. Lake Pátzcuaro lies in an endorheic basin, which does not drain to the sea. A watershed area of 929 square kilometers drains into the lake, of which 126.4 are the water body. The Lake Pátzcuaro watershed extends 50 kilometers east-west and 33 kilometers from north to south.
Located at 19.63 -101.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
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