Monte Alban Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico
About Monte Alban
Monte Albán traces its history to about 500 BCE when Zapotec builders (who called themselvesthe cloud people) began leveling the mountaintop and constructing terraces and other works. The city's construction was done in phases, with Phase I stretching from the city's beginnings to about 400 BCE. The second phase spanned three centuries between 400-100 BCE, and is when the city's observatories were built. Around 1200 CE, the Zapotec abandoned the city due to Mixtec incursions. The Mixtec occupied the site until the Spanish conquest, and some additional minor structures were built during the Mixtec era. Monte Albán is managed byINAH. Temperatures in Oaxaca are generally warm with winter low temperatures seldom going below 15°C. November through April is the dry season in Oaxaca, which sees m
Top Attractions in Monte Alban
Explore the best things to see and do in Monte Alban:
- ★Ball court
- ★Building J
- ★Los Danzantes
- ★Museo del Sitio del Monte Albán
- ★North Platform
- ★South Platform
- ★Tomb 7
Monte Alban Travel Guide Sections
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