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Monument Attractions In Yucatan Peninsula

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The Yucatán Peninsula , in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. The peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a northwestern geographic partition separating the region of Central America from the rest of North America. It is approximately 181,000 km2 in area, and is almost entirely composed of limestone.
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  • 4. Leona Vicario Leona Vicario
    'María de la Soledad Leona Camila Vicario Fernández de San Salvador', best known as 'Leona Vicario' , was one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican War of Independence. She was dedicated to informing insurgents of movements in her home Mexico City, the capital of the viceroyalty. She was a member of Los Guadalupes, one of the earliest independence movements in New Spain. She financed the rebellion with her large fortune. She was one of the first female journalists in Mexico. Driven by strong feminist beliefs, she took many risks and sacrificed much wealth in the name of liberation. Vicario has been given the title Distinguished and Beloved Mother of the Homeland by the Congress of the Union. Her name is inscribed in gold in the Mural of Honor in the lower house of the Mexican Cong...
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