A bust of Cortes. One of the Mexican men told us the people did not like him. They are no streets or towns names after him. Only his palace and hacienda remain. The body of water in between Mexico and Baja California is named the Sea of Cortes.
A Diego Rivera painting showing the subjection of the native people. They are bringing goods to the Spaniards and doing slave labor.
These thorny bushes were a pretty good wall to prevent people from entering.
After we were at the hacienda of Cortes we went to the palace of Cortes in downtown or the zocalo of Cuernavaca. We could not take pictures inside but the the plaza of the palace there was artwork done by Diego Rivera depicting the reign of Cortes. He stole gold and goods from the native people, forced them to work and demanded that they be converted to Catholicism. This artwork depicts the pain he put the people through.
After the palace he walked through the plaza and saw these women climbing on robes in the trees.
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