Fine
architectural quality also characterizes the 19th-century buildings in this
city that was the birthplace of Benito Juarez and which, in 1872, adopted the
name of Oaxaca de Juarez.
Being located in a highly seismic zone, the
architecture of the city of Oaxaca is characterized by thick walls and low
buildings.
The mestizo population keeps alive both traditions and ancestral
customs.
--UNESCO
