Indoors | El Cerrito Museum
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Opened in 2019, the Cerrito Museum presents the history of the Cerrito archaeological site. The archaeological zone of El Cerrito is the northernmost ceremonial center in Mesoamerica and its on-site museum exhibits pieces recovered during exploration work at the site. It is the museum of the most important archaeological zone in the state of Querétaro with an area of ??350 square meters. Among the pieces, a stele stands out with the image of the goddess Itzpapálotl (obsidian-winged butterfly), a deity that the Toltecs venerated in El Cerrito.
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Fees: Admission
Recommended Ages:
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Links: https://lugares.inah.gob.mx/es/museos-inah/museo/17173-museo-de-sitio-el-cerrito.html
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Parking is not available at El Cerrito, but there are some nearby lots with paid parking.
By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Luke Galyan, Tracy Kwan, Ryan Hone, Napo Acuna,
We had a slow morning and played some pool in our Airbnb. Then we ran around town and did a bunch of errands. We went to a market for breakfast. Then we went to a currency exchange place. The traffic was horrible, so Tom and I got out to walk there while Ryan drove. When we got there, they were out of money. So we drove to another place. By the time we exchanged money and got back to the cars, the whole endeavor had taken way too long. Our next errand was to go grocery shopping. It was a bit chaotic but fun. All 6 of us grabbed random stuff and filled one cart. We paid together and shared the cost. The most memorable part was filling two giant platters of bread and pastries. We bought a bunch of fruit that we don't get in the U.S. as well as other random treats. Our quantities ended up being almost perfect as we had almost no leftovers at the end of the trip and no one went hungry.
Once we got our errands out of the way, had lunch.
Then we went over to the Zona Arqueologica El Cerrito, which is an ancient stone pyramid. We wandered through the museum then walked around the base of the pyramid and took pictures. This pyramid was interesting because in the late 1800s, a group built a stone fortress on the top of a hill, not knowing that the hill was a buried pyramid. When they excavated the pyramid, they left the more modern building in place.
El Cerrito Archaeological Site
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