. C. M. MAYO . AWARD-WINNING LITERARY JOURNALIST & NOVELIST . MAINLY MEXICO, SOMETIMES TEXAS & WELL YONDERNEWSLETTER
C.M. Mayo < The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire < o El último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano <

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Maximilian's Villa de Olindo, 
Acapatzingo, Morelos
Photos by C.M. Mayo


Plaque at the entrance:
Country Retreat
"El Olvido" (Forgetfulness)
Purchased in 1866 by the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian von Habsburg
Now the Ethnobotanic Garden and Museum of Folk Medicine
Photo by C.M. Mayo
The name was in fact "Villa de Olindo."







Villa de Olindo, reflecting pond and back entrance to the museum.
Photo by C.M. Mayo














Inside the museum: a folk medicine diplay (herbs, powders, etc.)
Photo by C.M. Mayo















C.M. Mayo in the museum's garden.
Photo by C.M. Mayo



















Nopal cactus in the ethnobotanic garden.
Photo by C.M. Mayo