Amate Books, Mérida
We are delighted to welcome ournew sponsor Amate Books, the leading distributor of English language books in Mexico. Through their two bookstores, located in the popular tourist cities of Oaxaca and Mérida, Yucatan, as well as their unique mail order network, Amate books serves visitors and residents alike across Mexico.
Amate's attractive bookstores, with their unequalled book selection and displays of colorful folk art, are must see stops for travelers to Mexico.
Visit the Amate web site for more information
Amate Books, Mérida
Visitors to Yucatán as well as armchair travelers and researchers will greatly enhance their experience with the help of our two recent publications on the region:
EXPLORING YUCATAN, a collection of fascinating classic travel narratives in one volume - from the 1500s to the present day - the ideal reader for the Yucatan aficionado, and perfect companion guide to MAYA MISSIONS.
The newly updated second edition of MAYA MISSIONS, our acclaimed guidebook to colonial Yucatan. Both books are available at a discount online
THE "Y" FILES
For those with an interest in Yucatán, the "Land of the Pheasant and the Deer," we list below all our pages describing the colonial arts and monuments of this unique Maya region. Our most recent Yucatan Page: Murals of Izamal Special Features:
- Espadañas of Yucatán
- Murals of Yucatán
- The Colorful Retablos of Yucatán: recent restorations and discoveries. (RY: featured retablos)
Places:
- Colonial Campeche (prints)
- Hacienda Blanca Flor (Campeche)
- The lost chapels of Chalanté
- Chan Santa Cruz
- Chikindzonot
- Cholul: the murals
- Hacienda Xcanchakan
- Huaymax
- Hopelchén (Campeche) RY
- Izamal RY
- Izamal: the murals
- Mama's got a brand new look! RY
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- The Mani murals.
- The Mani retablos RY:
- Miracle at Maxcanú .RY
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- Mérida: La Casa de Montejo
- Mérida: ermitas & barrio chapels
- Merida: La Candelaria RY
- Mérida cathedral - the lost retablos RY
- Mocochá RY
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- The Motul murals
- Santa Elena Nohcacab RY
- Tabí (updated) RY
- Tecoh (updated) RY
- Tetiz
- Tibolón
- Tixcuytún
- Tizimín
- Uaymá, In Living Color
- Born again in Ucú. RY
- Valladolid-Sisal: the retablos RY:
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- Valladolid-Zaci: the cross
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- Yaxcabá RY