Charles Binns - Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography

Mexico

All images (c) Charles Binns - Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography.

These are a selection of photographs taken during several recent visits to Mexico - with it's vibrant colours Mexico is a wonderful place for photography. Please click on the thumbnails to view the full sized photograph:

San Miguel Allende

San Miguel de Allende, is located in the mountainous central region of Mexico, part of what is referred to as the "Bajio" of the state of Guanajuato. This "low" region in reality averages about 7000 feet, but is so called for being a relatively flat area ringed by mountains.

Originally known as San Miguel El Grande was founded by a Franciscan monk named Juan de San Miguel in 1542. It was an important stop over on the Antigua Camino Real, part of the silver route from Zacatecas. It was in San Miguel that General Ignacio Allende joined the army as Padre Miguel Hidalgo's chief lieutenant and led the army to several victories. Allende was not able to enjoy a an independent Mexico, free from Spanish colonial oppression, as he was captured  during a battle and beheaded. General Ignacio Allende is now a national hero, and the San Miguel el Grande renamed itself "San Miguel de Allende" in 1826 in honour of his actions.

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Taxco

Located in the hills between Acapulco and Mexico City Taxco, in the state of Guerrero, is one of the oldest mining sites found in the Americas

Jardin Borda

Found in Cuernavaca, the Jardin Borda is famous as the garden where the Emperor Maximilian would visit an Indian Mistress during the 1860s. The garden itself was inaugurated in 1783

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Teotihuacan

The first great highland culture of the Classic period (300-900AD) had its capital at Teotihuacan, the "City of the Gods" located about 30 miles northeast of Mexico City. At its height, this was a teeming metropolis of 100,000 or more inhabitants, with a well defined class structure. Its people had knowledge of writing and books, a bar-and-dot number system, and a 260-day sacred calendar. A society seemingly based on agriculture, obsidian mining and trade, Teotihuacan held widespread influence throughout Mesoamerica.

Tulum

Tulum was a small Mayan town that was founded upon a cliff above the Caribbean coast. A defensive wall surrounds the structure on three sides lending an even more dramatic presence to the site.