Sometime last week we went to the Palacio de Cortes, which is in Cuernavaca. Apparantly, Cortes really liked it here, and wanted to retire to Cuernavaca. He never did, but he did build a palace for himself over the ruins (which he ruined) of an indigenous pyramid. In about 1930, Diego Rivera painted a mural called "Conquista y Revolucion" or "Conquest and Revolution" (bet you all got that one.) The mural is amazing and the colors are still really brilliant. It is to give Mexican people their history through public art, not jsut the history that the conquerors teach. Here are the pictures I took from the start to finish:
There were also two paintings on the arch in the middle of the room that commemorate Mexico's independence from Spain beginning in 1810, and the Mexican Revolution beginning in 1910:
The influence of Zapata is everywhere in Morelos. Here is another painting of him on the arch. Also, the other picture is a painting on the side of the State Justice building that has a famous quote from Zapata: "La tierra volvera a quienes la trabajan con sus manos" or (I can't remember if I have translated this yet) "The land will return to those who work it with their hands." Its hard to see, but the painting also has Zapata's cry of the Revolution: "Tierra y Libertad."
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Amazing.
The quote I have on our office wall from Zapata is this:
"La tierra es de todos como el aire, el agua, la luz y el calor del sol y tienen derecho a ella los que la trabajan con sus proprias manos."
Like the air, the water, the light and heat of the sun, the land belongs to everyone. All who work the land with their own hands have a right to the land they work.
Emiliano Zapata, 1879-1919
Hey Ruth,
Happy Birthday, I've enjoyed reading your blog. Keep it up. Those are some pretty amazing photos.
I miss having you around at Swat but I'm sure you will have some great stories to tell me when you get back.
Tyler
hello, I like a lot of research on cultures of various places, actually this blog seems very interesting for its content to tell the truth is one of the best blogs because I had never seen a blog as well, thanks for sharing
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