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Mercado de Artesanías

Handicrafts Market

A colorful handicrafts market focusing on hand-woven textiles, with additional shops selling alebrijes (wooden carvings) and alfarería (pottery).

Address: Gral Ignacio Zaragoza
Getting there: on the corner of JP Garcia, one block SW of the Mercado 20 de Deciembre

Listing from Wikivoyage: Oaxaca (city), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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