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Alameda Central

Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Created in 1592, the Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. [...]

Álvaro Obregón (Mexico City)

Álvaro Obregón is one of the 16 municipalities (municipios) into which Mexico City is divided. It contains a large portion of the south-west part of [...]

Angel of Independence

The Angel of Independence, officially known as Monumento a la Independencia ("Monument to Independence"), is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare [...]

Azcapotzalco (Mexico City)

Azcapotzalco is a historic borough (municipality) located in the northern part of Mexico City. Azcapotzalco is situated in the Valley of Mexico, which is surrounded [...]

Chapultepec Castle

Chapultepec Castle (Castillo de Chapultepec) is located on top of Chapultepec Hill. The name Chapultepec stems from the Nahuatl word chapoltepēc which means "at the [...]

Chapultepec Forest

Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in the Western Hemisphere, measuring [...]

Coyoacán (Mexico City)

Coyoacán is one of the 16 boroughs (delegaciones) of the Federal District of Mexico City as well as the former village which is now the [...]

Cuauhtémoc (Mexico City)

Cuauhtémoc is one of the 16 boroughs of Mexico City. It consists of the oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire [...]

Cuicuilco

Cuicuilco is an important archaeological site located on the southern shore of the Lake Texcoco in the southeastern Valley of Mexico, in what is today [...]

El Caballito

Although many Mexicans call it "Armastote" ("something too big, rough and heavy"), the "El Caballito" is one of the most emblematic monuments of Mexico City. [...]

Glorieta de la Palma

The famous Glorieta de la Palma is actually called Glorieta del Ahuehuete. Glorieta de la Palma ("Palm Roundabout") is a roundabout in Mexico City on [...]

Glorieta de los Insurgentes

Glorieta de Insurgentes ("Insurgent Roundabout") is a large roundabout formed at the intersection of Avenida Chapultepec and Avenida de Los Insurgentes, in Mexico City. In [...]

Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital and most populous city of Mexico. With an area of some 1550 square km and a population of 21 million, [...]

Mexico City Historic Center

Historic Centre of Mexico City (Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in [...]

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens (Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María a [...]

Mexico City Zócalo

The Zócalo is the common name of the main square located in the Historic Center of Mexico City. Zocalo and surrounding blocks have played a [...]

Monument to the Revolution

The Monument to the Revolution commemorates the Mexican Revolution. This iconic monument is located on Plaza de la República, which crosses at the heart of [...]

Palacio de Bellas Artes

The Palacio de Bellas Artes ("Palace of Fine Arts") is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. The building is located on the western side [...]

Paseo de la Reforma

Paseo de la Reforma is an avenue that runs through the center of Mexico City. The avenue crosses the city diagonally. It was designed by [...]

Plaza Garibaldi

The original name of this square was Plaza Santa Cecilia, but in 1920, at the conclusion of the Mexican Revolution, it was renamed in honor [...]

Pyramid of Pino Suarez

The altar dedicated to the god Ehécatl, is located in the middle of Metro Pino Suárez, in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, in the [...]

Statue of Charles IV

The equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain ("also known as El Caballito") is a bronze sculpture cast by Manuel Tolsá built between 1796 and [...]

Templo Mayor

The Templo Mayor ("Main Temple") was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. [...]

The Basilica of Guadalupe

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is a roman catholic church, basilica, and National shrine of Mexico in [...]

Tláhuac (Mexico City)

Tláhuac is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. It is located on the south east edge of the [...]

Tlalpan (Mexico City)

Tlalpan is one of the 16 administrative boroughs (called “delegaciones” in Spanish) of the Federal District of Mexico City. It is the largest borough, with [...]

Tlatelolco

Tlatelolco is an archaeological excavation site in Mexico City, Mexico where remains of the pre-Columbian city-state of the same name have been found. It is [...]

Torre Latinoamericana

The Torre Latinoamericana (Latin-American Tower) is a skyscraper in downtown Mexico City, situated in the Historic Center. Its central location, height (166 m), and history [...]

UNAM University (Mexico City)

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México or just UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It ranks highly in [...]

Xochimilco (Mexico City)

Xochimilco is one of the 16 mayoralities ("alcaldías") or boroughs within Mexico City. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which [...]