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Interesting Places to see in Mexico City, tourists guide

Basilica de Guadalupe

Basilica de Guadalupe is the most visited religious site in Mexico City. It is at the hill where the virgin of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego. She is the patroness of Mexico and a very important national symbol. The Basilica of Guadalupe is one of the most visited churches in the world and it is [...]

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Frida Kahlo Museum

At the corner of Allende in the Colonia Del Carmen Coyoacan area of Mexico City  is a Museum Frida Kahlo. It is actually the Casa Azul or Blue House in Coyoacan. It was the family home of the famous artist and wife of painter Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo. This world wide known artist grew up [...]

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Xochimilco

If you ever come to Mexico City, the visit to the Xochimilco would definitely be a highlight of your trip.  Half a century ago this was an agricultural hub, a metropolis of 235,000 inhabitants and today it consists of canals and gardens, which is all that is left of the lake on which Mexico City [...]

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Mexico – National Anthropology Museum

If you are interested in the Mesoamerican artifacts you should definitely pay a visit to the National Anthropology museum, which is located in the Chapultepec Park. Here you would be able to examine the most impressive collection of Mesoamerican artifacts in the world. To each cultural region a hall is dedicated and some rooms have [...]

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The Great Temple aka Templo Mayor

Not far from the National Palace, the main temple of the Aztecs is situated known as Templo Mayor. In the previous century, electric company workers came across a large round stone depicting the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauqui and that is how the excavation of the great temple began. All the items found on the site; [...]

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Palacio Nacional aka National Palace

On the East side of the Zocalo there is the government building that houses the federal treasure and national archives. This site has been a palace for the ruling class of Mexico since the Aztec empire, and much of the current palace’s building materials is from the original one that belonged to Moctezuma II and [...]

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Catedral Metropolitana aka Metropolitan Cathedral

Cathedral Metropolitana is the large cathedral on the North side of the Plaza de la Constitución. It took almost 3 centuries to construct and decorate this beautiful cathedral which is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. As a result of being built over such a long period of time, the cathedral is host of a [...]

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Zocalo – The Plaza de la Constitución

The Plaza de la Constitución, commonly called the Zocalo is the main square in the historic center of Mexico City. This square on the territory of 830 x 500 feet is the second largest square in the world, taking place just after the Moscow’s Red Square.  It is bordered by the Cathedral, the National Palace, [...]

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