Mexico: Santa Clara del Cobre – The Copper Capital
Santa Clara del Cobre, a picturesque pre-Hispanic town better known nationwide as the Copper Capital is located 17 kilometres from Patzcuaro in Mexico’s state of Michoacán. We visit the place. Its original inhabitants, the Purepechas, were one of the pre-Columbian peoples who best worked with metals, particularly in copper, gold and silversmithing. They knew how to […]