The Royal Path of Earth Inside

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There are roads that not only connect cities, but trace cultural destinations. Such is the case of the Royal Path of Tierra Adentro, active between 1598 and 1882, a route of more than 2,500 kilometers that linked Mexico City with Santa Fe, in what is now New Mexico. For almost three centuries it was the great artery of the north, where there circulated caravans of silver, goods, soldiers, missionaries and travelers. But it also flowed somewhat l…