Oaxaca, the state capital, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, owes its fame to the beauty and harmony of its architecture, its rich cultural traditions, the wide variety of its typical foods and its soft temperate climate, spring all year round. Its name is derived from Huaxyácal (the top of the gourds, a variety of acacia, Huaxin, gourds, and yacatl, top), the Aztec name applied to the top where they built a fort in 1486. Nothing more to reach these lands, the Spanish established along the old fort, the new Villa de Antequera, and a few years later, they returned to the Aztec to lift, at the very top of the gourds, which, in 1529 would be founded, built and inhabited as Villa de Oaxaca. • Basketry In the Valley of Oaxaca there are many artisans still working green reed in the traditional way. The result is expressed in many forms - cages, baskets, lamps, candy dishes, curtains - which contribute to the main markets of the state. • Steel Cutlery Artisans of Oaxaca have their own alloys whose kept secret through the generations. The handle materials are bone, pearl shells or deer antlers. Some knives have legends with sayings, funny poems or notes.