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In our previous article we have come from the beautiful Mexican city of Oaxaca. We propose then join us to continue to discover this “baroque jewel of southern Mexico. Another tourist attraction is the main street Macedonio Alcala. This picturesque pedestrian paved with green stone is considered the “walker tour of Oaxaca. Macedonio Alcalá joins the main square of Oaxaca with the glory: the church of Santo Domingo de Guzman. The temple is part of a religious complex built by Dominicans in the sixteenth and seventeenth

Within this architectural complex stands the Regional Museum. It is a room where it is shown the treasure of the tomb number seven of Monte Alban, which contains a great wealth of the Mixtec culture. It also highlights the Rosary Chapel, attached to the temple. It dates from the early eighteenth century and contains a fine plaster work in addition to displaying the allegories of the fifteen mysteries of the rosary.

Returning to the church of Santo Domingo we can highlight its facade exhibits a baroque ornamentation careful way altarpiece bill. This highlights the reliefs of Saint Dominic and St. Hippolytus. Two strong towers flanking this superb home built on a sleek body and supported by heavy buttresses. Its interior reveals multiple workshops anonymously plasterers and plasterers who have left their work full of feeling.

We can highlight the temple inside the beautiful pictorial work depicting passages from the Old and New Testaments. For this and much, much more so the Temple as the city of Oaxaca were declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 1979.

The Lord of Miracles, an image of Christ on the cross on the altar of the Shrine of the Nazarene in Lima, is considered a miraculous performance. The devotion to the image causes a manifestation of the Catholic religious processions and more numerous on the planet. The Lord of Miracles is the patron saint of Lima, and this month celebrated their devotion in spectacular fashion, with an opportunity to witness a unique religious holiday that stretches throughout October. In fact, October is known as the purple month, in relation to the color that identifies most of the rituals and events. The festival is a celebration representative of Peru, and part of their national identity.

According to tradition, the festival was born when some African immigrants belonging to a brotherhood of Lima, in 1950 painted a wall a picture of a black Christ crucified. The wall, which would withstand a powerful earthquake five years later, gave birth to the popular cult to reach impressive dimensions. Currently, the processions in his honor are incredible, with endless processions carrying the image of the Lord of Miracles by the city, between songs, music and huge clouds of incense that create a unique atmosphere.

The procession is led by a group of Catholic monks dressed in purple robes and waving incense, accompanied by women who sing songs, musicians and penitents. The area of the procession, is full of vendors offering everything from trinkets to sweet and typical products of the celebration along the route. The feast of the Lord of Miracles is one of the most important in Peru, and her cult spread throughout the country. Most of the major events held in the last two weeks of October.

Argentina, like other Latin American countries during 2010 will hold its bicentennial as a nation. Among the scheduled events, the presentation took place yesterday of a travel adventure competition one of the most emblematic of the country roads: Route 40. The adventure on Route 40 will run for 14 days and shall be complementary to the Dakar Rally to be held in the territory of Argentina and Chile. The Challenge Route 40 will cross the territory of western Argentina from north to south by a series of landscapes that are among the most spectacular of the South: From the Altiplano, and the Quebrada de Humahuaca, to the region of Cuyo and the mythic Patagonia. The route links many of the major national parks, totaling some 20 protected areas of the country.

The Route 40 Challenge is organized by the Ministry of Tourism and the Automobile Club of Argentina and will be held between 9 and 22 April 2010. The competition will be open to both professional and amateur participants in categories ranging from 4 × 4 vehicles, cautious, motorcycles and quads.

As for the mythic Route 40, has an area of no less than 5224 miles in stretches of asphalt and gravel interspersed across 11 provinces. The route is certainly impressive, across a variety of climates and landscapes ranging from pristine areas of Patagonia, southern glaciers, valleys, plains and salt lakes in the north, always under the Andes and almost constant sensation of feeling in the middle of nowhere.