In Merida, one of the first things I noticed was the unique flooring in the homes and stores. Some of the smallest and most modest tiendas (corner stores) had these tiles?? Why and where do they come from?
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| Hacienda Sotuta de Peon |
The tiles are sometimes called “pasta tiles”, but the word for them is Mosaicos. These tiles are made in Merida, based on a technology brought there from Spain centuries ago and as far as we know, many of the designs haven’t changed much in the last century.
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| Hacienda Sotuta de Peon |
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| Hacienda Sotuta de Peon |
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| Hacienda Sotuta de Peon |
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| Hacienda Sotuta de Peon |
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| Casa across from our B&B that was under renovation |
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| Casa across from our B&B that was under renovation |
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| Fully renovated Casa our B&B hosts were gracious enough to show us, their friends had purchased it fully renovated |
Our B & B, Villa Verde, had refinished their tiles, in fact, it was cheap and easily done as the tiles are made with the design imprinted through the entire tile, so they just polido(polish) the tiles. It is a process they have perfected with the help of hand painting some of the spots that are heavily damaged.
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| Tiles restored at our B & B Villa Verde Merida |
see you soon friends......
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