Taxco is a city in the state of Guerrero, southwest of Mexico City. It is famous for silver jewellery production and Spanish colonial architecture. The Plaza Borda is its main square and is home to the iconic 18th-century pink Church of Santa Prisca in an elaborate Churrigueresque style. Nearby is the Casa Borda cultural centre, which exhibits works by local artists and hosts music and theatre events.

Cuernavaca is the leafy capital of the state of Morelos in Mexico, surrounded by the Tepozteco Mountains, south of Mexico City. In the colonial centre of the city is the 16th century Palacio de Cortés, former home of Spanish conquistador Hernán de Cortés and now a history museum with murals by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. To the southwest is Cuernavaca Cathedral, in a 16th-century walled monastery with a mural depicting Mexico's first saint.

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