 These first Korean migrants settled around Mérida as workers in henequen plantations.Completed in 1911 by Camilo and Ernesto Cámara Zavala, “Las Casas Gemelas” (The Twin Houses), are two side by side French and Spanish style mansions that remain from the early 20th Century.They are two of only a few houses that are still used as residences on Paseo Montejo from that era.