a series of travel images from Mexico, Oaxaca de Juárez, capital and most important city of Oaxaca state in the south-west of Mexico. Situated in Oaxaca Valley at an altitude of 1500 m. in the southern Sierra Madre. The historic city centre abounds with churches and buildings from the Spanish colonial era and nearby are the impressive ruins of the Zapotec city of Monte Alban. Oaxaca is on the Unesco World Heritage list.