Taxco
Description
This brilliant white mining town, tucked away in the Mexican sierras, is the home of Mexico's silver industry. The delicate jewelry made by its local artisans is world-renowned. This program looks at silversmithing but also at Taxco's other interesting sights: the Cathedral, the mines, the restaurants that front on the main square.
Runtime
56 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2008], c1984
Database
Films on Demand
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