La Venta

Tabasco · Mexico

La Venta, Mexico
Photo: Alfonsobouchot, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to April
Budget
$
Coordinates
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This was a major center of the Olmec civilization, the earliest complex society in Mesoamerica, known for its colossal carved stone heads. Many of its finest sculptures are displayed in an open-air park in nearby Villahermosa.

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