Atlas Obscura
Parque Ciudad de las Canteras (Quarry City Park) in Oaxaca, Mexico
The nickname "Green Antequera" for the Mexican city of Oaxaca de Juárez might seem strange at first: is it related to the vegetation of the valley it sits in and the mountains that surround it during the wet season? Walking in its historical center, though, the "green" part becomes clearer as this is the color of the rock that forms many of the buildings here, and even the sidewalks. This rock…
Abandoned quarry opened as a park in 1988