Cuernavaca

Cuernavaca is the leafy capital of the state of Morelos in Mexico, surrounded by the Tepozteco mountains, south of Mexico City. In the city's colonial center is the 16th-century Palacio de Cortés, former home of Spanish conquistador Hernán de Cortés and now a history museum with murals by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. To the southwest is the Cuernavaca Cathedral, in a 16th-century walled monastery with a mural illustrating Mexico's first saint.