Purépecha
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The Purépecha are a group of Indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro.
Purépecha children at the 2015 Muestra de Indumentaria Tradicional de Ceremonias y Danzas de Michoacán
"La historia de Michoacán", mural in the Biblioteca Gertrudis Bocanegra, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán (1941-1942)
Fishermen in Lake Pátzcuaro
The Tarascan Village diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum
Purépecha Empire
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The Purépecha Empire, also known as the Kingdom of Tzintzuntzan, was a polity in pre-Columbian Mexico. Its territory roughly covered the geographic area of the present-day Mexican state of Michoacán,
Purépecha
…allegiance as a vassal of the King of Spain without a fight in 1525. It is believed that the Spanish conquistador Cristóbal de Olid, upon arriving in the Purépecha Empire, now in present-day Michoacán, explored some parts of Guanajuato in the early 1520s. A legend relates of a 16- or 17-year-old Purépecha, Princess…
A Purépecha incense burner showing a deity with a "Tlaloc headdress", 1350–1521 CE.
Islands in Lake Pátzcuaro, viewed from the top of Janitzio island.
The archaeological site of Tzintzuntzan, capital of the Iréchikwa
Fourth yacata pyramid on the south end of the line in Tzintzuntzan.