• Alebrijes Alebrijes are imaginary animal figures in brightly colored representations copalillo wood. Each piece is highly original and often bear the signature of its creator, it is unique and unrepeatable. A craftsman Arrazola, Manuel Jimenez, was the creator of this art, more than thirty years ago, when his hands began to emerge transformed into dragons or iguanas armadillos wearing the rainbow. Among young creators alebrijes that stand out are Arsenio and Irene Morales, Alvaro Obregon, Claudio Ojeda, Andres and Miguel Ramirez and Jose Santiago. The community specialist in alebrijes is Arrazola, located very near Oaxaca on the road leading to Zaachila. Other people who also work in the wood are very original creations Tejalapan Union and San Martín Tilcajete. The temples are the most lavish Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The image of the patron saint, the Virgin of Solitude, came to hold a crown of pure gold bearing, inlaid, six diamonds and emeralds. The Cathedral has fourteen side chapels of unique beauty. And then there's La Merced, San Augustine, San Francisco, the Church of the Blood of Christ, San Felipe, Santa Monica and many others it seems Salamanca city, by the profusion of churches. But the resemblance to the Castilian capital ends with the numbers. The uniqueness of Mexican baroque interiors add the original facades, cut for fear of earthquakes, erected mostly in green quarry stone, hence some have called Oaxaca city of temples green and everyone admires the marbled acquired by churches after a rainy afternoon, soon as the sun appears. Reflection of the state, the city's museums with many of the most valuable regional treasures, among which are the jewels of the Tomb 7 of Monte Alban. Counts also the best representation of Oaxacan paintings, renown because of the work of Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Morales, and Francisco Toledo, and, through its markets, exhibits and distributes one of the richest and most varied productions in Mexico .