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The Huntress Diana Fountain is a monumental fountain of Diana located in the roundabout at Paseo de la Reforma and Río Misisipí and Sevilla streets, on the border of the Colonia Cuauhtémoc and Colonia Juárez neighborhoods of Mexico City. Nearby landmarks named after the fountain include the Cine Diana and the skyscrapers Corporativo Reforma Diana and Torre Diana.
The Fonoteca Nacional is a Mexican institution dependent on the Ministry of Culture that preserves the sound heritage and promotes the culture of listening and sound through five priority activities: rescuing and preserving the sound heritage of the country; to publicize the sound collection it protects; carry out academic, artistic and cultural activities related to sound; Promote a culture of listening among the population, and stimulate the creation and artistic experimentation of sound.
The Estela de Luz is a monument in Mexico City built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mexico's independence from Spanish rule. Its design was the winning entry in an invited competition to seek the best combination of Mexico's past and future; the design uses quartz and electric lighting to achieve this effect. The Estela de Luz is mainly used for cultural events. Below it, the Centro de Cultura Digital cultural complex was built.
The Monumento a los Niños Héroes, officially Altar a la Patria, is a monument installed in the park of Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico. It commemorates the Niños Héroes, six mostly teenage military cadets who were killed defending Mexico City from the United States during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September 1847.
5. Palacio de Bellas Artes
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It has hosted notable events in music, dance, theatre, opera and literature in Mexico and has held important exhibitions of painting, sculpture and photography. Consequently, the Palacio de Bellas Artes has been called the "Cathedral of Art in Mexico". The building is located on the western side of the historic center of Mexico City next to the Alameda Central park.
6. Templo Mayor
The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The temple was called Huēyi Teōcalli [we:ˈi teoːˈkali] in the Nahuatl language. It was dedicated simultaneously to Huitzilopochtli, god of war, and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture, each of which had a shrine at the top of the pyramid with separate staircases. The central spire was devoted to Quetzalcoatl in his form as the wind god, Ehecatl. The Great Temple devoted to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, measuring approximately 100 by 80 m at its base, dominated the Sacred Precinct. Construction of the first temple began sometime after 1325, and it was rebuilt six times. The temple was destroyed by the Spanish in 1521, and the Mexico City cathedral was built in its place.
7. Sol
Sol is a monumental sculpture made by Japanese artist Kiyoshi Takahashi as part of the Friendship Route, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to commemorate the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. The work was installed at the intersection of the Anillo Periférico with Santa Teresa Street, south of Mexico City. It was the fourth station on the route and represented Japan at the exhibition.
8. De las soluciones: una utopía posible, síntesis
Arnold Belkin was a Canadian-Mexican painter credited for continuing the Mexican muralism tradition at a time when many Mexican painters were shifting away from it. Born and raised in western Canada, he trained as an artist there but was not drawn to traditional Canadian art. Instead he was inspired by images of Diego Rivera's work in a magazine to move to Mexico when he was only eighteen. He studied further in Mexico, focusing his education and his career mostly on murals, creating a type of work he called a "portable mural" as a way to adapt it to new architectural style. He also had a successful career creating canvas works as well with several notable series of paintings. He spent most of his life and career in Mexico except for a stay in New York City in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. His best known works are the murals he created for the University Autónoma Metropolitana in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.
9. Obelisco a los Niños Héroes
The Obelisco a los Niños Héroes is a monument installed in Chapultepec, Mexico City. The cenotaph was created in 1881 by architect Ramón Rodríguez Arangoity, one of the cadets captured in the Battle of Chapultepec. The marble cenotaph was a typical nineteenth-century monument. This one lists the names of the six cadets, the Niños Héroes, killed in the fierce fighting in the Mexican-American War as military cadets defended as well as the 40 who survived the attack. For his own political purposes, General Porfirio Díaz inaugurated the monument with a military and civilian audience of dignitaries. Subsequently, the obelisk became an annual site of remembrance for the Association of the Military College, a group of veterans who had been cadets. This modest-sized monument was superseded in 1952 by the massive Monumento a los Niños Héroes.
10. Iglesia de San Francisco
The Convent of San Francisco is located at the western end of Madero Street in the historic center of Mexico City, near the Torre Latinoamericana and is all that remains of the church and monastery complex. This complex was the headquarters of the first twelve Franciscan friars headed by Martín de Valencia who came to Mexico after receiving the first authorization from the Pope to evangelize in New Spain. In the early colonial period, this was one of the largest and most influential monasteries in Mexico City. It was built on the site of where Moctezuma II’s zoo once was. At its peak, the church and monastery covered the blocks now bordered by Bolivar, Madero, Eje Central and Venustiano Carranza Streets, for a total area of 32,224 square metres.
Wikipedia: Church of San Francisco, Madero Street, Mexico City (EN)
11. Hombre de Paz
Man of Peace is a monumental sculpture made by the Italian artist Constantino Nivola as part of the Route of Friendship, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to commemorate the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. The work was installed in the Olympic Village of Mexico City. It was the seventh station on the route and represented Italy at the exhibition. The sculpture consists of a quadrangular prism that has above it two other prisms of different proportions. At the tip of the structure is placed a figure resembling a dove. The entire work is painted white and each face of the prisms is decorated with red and green stripes, alluding to the flag of Italy. It is made of reinforced concrete and is 11 meters high.
12. Palacio de la Autonomía
The Palacio de la Autonomía is a museum and site where the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México gained autonomy from direct government control in 1929. The building is from the late 19th century, and located on the corner of Licenciado de Verdad and Rep de Guatemala streets, north of Santa Teresa la Antigua and east of Templo Mayor. The site has a 500-year history, starting from part of lands granted by Hernán Cortés. The current building was constructed by the administration of President Porfirio Díaz, but it was ceded to the university in 1910. Since that time, the building has had a number of uses, including housing a dental school and a preparatory school. Today it houses the Museo de la Autonomía Universitaria.
13. Monumental Flag
The banderas monumentales are a collection of tall flagpoles containing large flags of Mexico located throughout Mexico. They are part of a program started in 1999 under President Ernesto Zedillo that is currently administered by the Secretariat of National Defense. The main feature of these monuments is a giant Mexican flag flying off a 50-meter-high (160-ft) flagpole. The size of the flag was 14.3 by 25 metres and it was flown on a pole that measured 50 metres (160 ft) high. In the time after the decree was issued, many more banderas monumentales have been installed throughout the country in various sizes. Many of the locations were chosen due to significant events in Mexican history that occurred there.
14. País de Volcanes
País de volcanes is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by the Spanish-born Mexican artist Vicente Rojo Almazán, installed outside Mexico City's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Building and next to the Memory and Tolerance Museum, in Mexico. It is a 1,000 square meters (11,000 sq ft) artwork that features 1,034 ocher-colored pyramids standing out of the water; the artwork was made with tezontle, a type of reddish volcanic rock. The central body of the fountain contains water that flows subtly down its sides to the area with the pyramids. For Jaime Moreno Villarreal of Letras Libres, the fountain is located slightly below the square level so that the viewer can appreciate the volcanic geography.
15. Las Tres Gracias
The Three Graces is a monumental sculpture made by Czechoslovak artist Miroslav Chlupac as part of the Friendship Route, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to commemorate the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. The work was installed at the intersection of the Anillo Periférico with Fuentes del Pedregal Street, south of Mexico City. It was the third station on the route and represented Czechoslovakia at the exhibition. The sculpture consists of three reinforced concrete columns 12.5 meters high with an undulating edge. Two of them are pink and the third lilac. Its name refers to the Charites, three deities from Greek mythology that represent beauty, joy and abundance.
Wikipedia: Las Tres Gracias (Miroslav Chlupac) (ES), Website
16. Palacio Postal
The Palacio de Correos de México, also known as the "Correo Mayor" is located in the historic center of Mexico City, on the Eje Central near the Palacio de Bellas Artes. It was built in 1907, when the Post Office became a separate government entity. Its design and construction was the most modern at the time, including a very eclectic style which mixed several different traditions, mainly Neo-Plateresque, into a very complex design. In the 1950s, the building was modified in a way that caused stress and damage, so when the 1985 earthquake struck Mexico City, it was heavily damaged. In the 1990s, restoration work has brought the building back to original construction and appearance.
17. Antigua Academia de San Carlos
The Academy of San Carlos is located at 22 Academia Street in just northeast of the main plaza of Mexico City. It was the first major art academy and the first art museum in the Americas. It was founded in 1781 as the School of Engraving and moved to the Academia Street location about 10 years later. It emphasized classical European training until the early 20th century, when it shifted to a more modern perspective. At this time, it also integrated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico, eventually becoming the Faculty of Arts and Design, which is based in Xochimilco. Currently, only graduate courses of the modern school are given in the original academy building.
18. Nuestra Señora del Pilar
La Enseñanza Church (1772-1778) is located on 104 Donceles Street in the historic center of Mexico City. The Mexican Churrigueresque style of this church, especially that of its altarpieces, is upheld as the pinnacle of the Baroque period in Mexico, as this style soon gave way to the Neoclassic shortly after this church was built. The church’s official name is Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar. The former convent was called El Convento de la Enseñanza La Antigua, from which is derived the church’s popular name. After the Reform War, the convent was disbanded. The complex has had various uses, but the church has been returned to its sacred function.
19. Iglesia de Jesús Nazareno
The Church of Jesus Nazareno is a Catholic temple located in the Historic Center of Mexico City, in the Cuauhtémoc mayor's office and was built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with modifications in the nineteenth century. It is attached to the hospital of the same name and is characterized by housing the apocalypse mural of José Clemente Orozco, the remains of Hernán Cortés and the cover of the first Cathedral of Mexico which dates from the late sixteenth century and is one of the few constructive elements of that century that are preserved in the historic center of the city. The temple was declared a historical monument on August 29, 1932.
Wikipedia: Iglesia de Jesús Nazareno (Ciudad de México) (ES)
20. Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated on top of the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución (Zócalo) in the historic center of Mexico City. The cathedral was built in sections from 1573 to 1813 around the original church that was constructed soon after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan, eventually replacing it entirely. Spanish architect Claudio de Arciniega planned the construction, drawing inspiration from Gothic cathedrals in Spain.
21. Casa Estudio Luis Barragán
Luis Barragán House and Studio, also known as Casa Luis Barragán, is the former residence of architect Luis Barragán in Miguel Hidalgo district, Mexico City. It is owned by the Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía and the Government of the State of Jalisco. It is now a museum exhibiting Barragán's work and is also used by visiting architects. It retains the original furniture and Barragán's personal objects. These include a mostly Mexican art collection spanning the 16th to 20th century, with works by Picasso, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Jesús Reyes Ferreira and Miguel Covarrubias.
22. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe is a sanctuary of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invocation of Guadalupe, located at the foot of the Hill of Tepeyac in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City. It belongs to the Primate Archdiocese of Mexico through the Guadalupana Vicariate, which since November 4, 2018, is in the care of Monsignor Salvador Martínez Ávila, who has the title of general and episcopal vicar of Guadalupe and abbot of the basilica.
23. Frida Kahlo Museum
The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as the Blue House for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It is located in the Colonia del Carmen neighborhood of Coyoacán in Mexico City. The building was Kahlo's birthplace, the home where she grew up, lived with her husband Diego Rivera for a number of years, and where she later died in a room on the upper floor. In 1957, Diego Rivera donated the home and its contents in order to turn it into a museum in Frida's honor.
24. Basílica de San José y Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón
The Basilica of San José y Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón, is a Catholic temple located in the neighborhood of San Juan of the Historic Center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc City Hall. It was built in the late eighteenth century and rebuilt in the mid-nineteenth century. Its patronal feast day is celebrated on March 19. It is characterized by being one of the few colonial buildings that are preserved in the neighborhood of San Juan and for holding the title of minor basilica. It was declared a historical monument on February 9, 1931,
Wikipedia: Basílica de San José y Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón (ES)
25. Zona arqueológica de Mixcoac
Mixcoac from Nahuatl means "viper in the cloud" is an archaeological zone belonging to the Mexica (Aztec) culture. It was on the shores of Lake Texcoco and in its final stage was under the rule of Tenochtitlan. With the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, the settlement was practically destroyed to its foundations, which are the only thing that survives of the architecture of the place and can be appreciated today in what is today the San Pedro de los Pinos neighborhood, on the corner of San Antonio avenue and Periférico, in Mexico City.
26. National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico is a public research university in Mexico. It is widely regarded as a top research university. A portion of Ciudad Universitaria is a UNESCO World Heritage site that was designed and decorated by some of Mexico's best-known architects and painters of the 20th century. The campus also hosted the main events of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. All Mexican Nobel laureates are alumni or faculty of UNAM. With acceptance rates usually below 10%, UNAM is also known for its competitive admission process.
27. Monumento Alvaro Obregón
El Parque de la Bombilla is a public park located in the neighborhood of San Ángel, Álvaro Obregón district, south of Mexico City. The park and the monument memorialize revolutionary general and former president of the republic (1920-24) and in 1928 president-elect, Álvaro Obregón, who was assassinated in 1928 while dining at the restaurant "La Bombilla", now the site of the monument. The monument complex opened on July 17, 1935, the seventh anniversary of the assassination by José de León Toral.
28. Palacio de Iturbide
The Palace of Iturbide is a large palatial residence located in the historic center of Mexico City at Madero Street #17. It was built by the Count of San Mateo Valparaíso as a wedding gift for his daughter. It gained the name “Palace of Iturbide” because Agustín de Iturbide lived there and accepted the crown of the First Mexican Empire at the palace after independence from Spain. Today, the restored building houses the Fomento Cultural Banamex; it has been renamed the Palacio de Cultura Banamex.
29. MODO - Museo del Objeto del Objeto
The Museo del Objeto, or MODO, is a museum in Mexico City and the first museum in Mexico dedicated to design and communications. It was opened in 2010 based on a collection of commercial packaging, advertising, graphic arts, common devices and many other objects dating back to 1810 collected by Bruno Newman over more than 40 years. The museum is dedicated to the preservation of its collection of more than 30,000 items from two centuries and to the research in the history of design and communications.
30. Museo Panteón de San Fernando
The San Fernando Pantheon is one of the oldest cemeteries in Mexico City that is preserved to this day. It is one of the most representative examples of 19th century funerary architecture and art in Mexico, and it functioned between 1832 and 1872. It is the final destination of the remains of several of the outstanding figures of 19th century Mexican history, and the most prominent are the remains of Presidents Benito Juárez, Miguel Miramón and General Ignacio Zaragoza, among many others.
31. Universum Museo de la Ciencias
Universum is Mexico's primary museum dedicated to promoting science and technology to the public as well as support the university's science missions. It was opened in 1992 at the Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City. Today it has thirteen halls divided by theme dedicated to various permanent exhibitions. It has worked with outside public and private entities to develop both permanent and temporary exhibitions and has worked to develop other science museums in other areas of the country.
32. Teatro Blanquita
The White Theatre, also known as the White Theatre, is a theatre in Mexico City, inaugurated on August 27, 1960, at 16 central Lazarus Cardenas axis in the historic center of Mexico City. It was opened at the initiative of playwright and businessman margo, who and her husband felix cervantes. Popular plays and concerts were displayed on his stage. In 2010, it was one of the five most visited countries in Mexico's capital. White eva cervantes is a cousin of felix cervantes.
33. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe El Buen Tono
The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, known as the Church of the Good Tone, is a temple located in the neighborhood of San Juan of the Historic Center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc City Hall. It was built in the early twentieth century. Its patronal feast day is celebrated on December 12. It is characterized by being the only temple in the country that is referred to by the name of a manufacturing establishment, as well as by its eclectic style of French inspiration.
Wikipedia: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Ciudad de México) (ES)
34. Torre de los Vientos
Torre de los Vientos is a monumental sculpture made by Uruguayan artist Gonzalo Fonseca as part of the Friendship Route, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to commemorate the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. The work was installed at the intersection of the Peripheral Ring with Zacatépetl Street, next to the Perisur Shopping Center, south of Mexico City. It was the sixth station on the route and represented Uruguay at the exhibition.
35. Casa Lamm
The Casa Lamm Cultural Center is the best known landmark in Colonia Roma. It was a house built in the early 20th century when Colonia Roma was a new neighborhood for the wealthy leaving the historic center of Mexico City. In the 1990s, the house was restored to open as a cultural center in 1994, with the aim of making the area a center for the visual arts. Today, it hosts numerous exhibits as well as offering classes, even degrees, in art and literature.
36. Iglesia de la Profesa
The Church of San Felipe Neri, commonly known as "La Profesa", is a Roman Catholic parish church that was established by the Society of Jesus late in the 16th century as the church of a community of professed Jesuits. The church is considered to be an important transitional work between the more sober or moderate Baroque style of the 17th century and the extremely decorated manifestations of the Baroque of the 18th century in Mexico.
37. Señales
Señales is a monumental sculpture made by Mexican artist Ángela Gurría to commemorate the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. The work was installed in the roundabout of San Jerónimo in Mexico City and was the first station of the Friendship Route, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to celebrate the Olympic Games. Angela Gurría's work was one of three that represented Mexico in the exhibition.
38. El Ancla
The Anchor is a monumental sculpture made by the Swiss artist Willi Gutmann as part of the Friendship Route, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to commemorate the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. The work was installed at the intersection of the Anillo Periférico with Luis Cabrera Avenue, south of Mexico City. It was the second station on the route and represented Switzerland at the exhibition.
39. El Sol Bípedo
The Biped Sun is a monumental sculpture made by the Hungarian artist Pierre Szekely as part of the Friendship Route, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to commemorate the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. The work is installed at the intersection of the Anillo Periférico with Bulevar de la Luz, south of Mexico City. It was the fifth station on the route and represented Hungary at the exhibition.
40. Templo de Corpus Christi
The Corpus Christi Church is a former church on Avenida Juárez in the Historic center of Mexico City. It is the only remaining part of the Convent of Corpus Christi, founded in 1724 for Indian women and which was closed as part of the Reform Laws. The architect of the baroque structure was Pedro de Arrieta who also designed the Palace of the Inquisition and the Church of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa".
41. Biblioteca de México José Vasconcelos
The Citadel is a building in Mexico City was built between 1793 and 1807 by the Spanish architect José Antonio González Velázquez in order to house the Royal Cigar and Cigar Factory of Mexico. Currently in the building is the Library of Mexico "José Vasconcelos" and the Image Center and the headquarters of the General Directorate of Libraries of the Ministry of Culture of the country.
42. Disco Solar
Disco Solar is a monumental sculpture made by Belgian artist Jacques Moeschal as part of the Friendship Route, a set of 19 sculptures made by artists of various nationalities to commemorate the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. The work was installed in the Archaeological Zone of Cuicuilco, south of Mexico City. It was the eighth station on the route and represented Belgium at the exhibition.
43. Cárcamo de Dolores
The Cárcamo de Dolores is a hydraulic structure located on the Second Section of Chapultepec Park, in Mexico City, comprising the building designed by architect Ricardo Rivas, inside the originally underwater mural Agua, el origen de la vida of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, the art installation Cámara Lambdoma by Ariel Guzik, and in outside, the Tlaloc Fountain, also of Rivera.
44. Museo de los Ferrocarrileros
The Museo de los Ferrocarrileros is located north of Mexico City in the facilities occupied by the La Villa railway station. Inaugurated in 2006, the exhibition shows the history of railroads in Mexico, the history of the La Villa train station, as well as different social movements of railroad workers in the history of Mexico. It belongs to the Ministry of Culture of Mexico City.
45. El Caballito
The equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain is a bronze sculpture cast by Manuel Tolsá built between 1796 and 1803 in Mexico City, Mexico in honour of King Charles IV of Spain, then the last ruler of the New Spain. This statue has been displayed in different points of the city and is considered one of the finest achievements of Mr. Tolsá. It now resides in Plaza Manuel Tolsá.
46. Six Flags Mexico
Six Flags México is a amusement park located in the Tlalpan forest and borough, on the southern edge of Mexico City, Mexico. It is owned and operated by Six Flags, and is the most visited theme park in Latin America with 2.8 million annual visitors. It was previously known as Reino Aventura when it was Mexican-owned and featured the orca whale Keiko as its principal attraction.
47. Casa de Carranza
The Carranza House Museum is located in the Cuauht é moc colony in Mexico City. The museum, named after President Carranza of Venice, who lived there for the last six months of his life, tells the story of the Mexican revolution, focusing on parts related to Carranza, the reasons for the confrontation with Alvaro Aubregon and the betrayal of the Victorian vegetable garden.
48. Museo Nacional de la Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo
The Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum was the first museum in the world dedicated specifically to watercolor painting. It is located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, in a former private house which was donated to the museum by the city government. Due to the public health emergency, as of March 2022 the museum was still closed to casual public visits.
Wikipedia: Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum (EN), Website
49. Fuente de Cibeles
The Fountain of Cybele in Mexico City is a bronze replica of the fountain located in the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid that was built during the reign of Charles III by architect Ventura Rodríguez between 1777 and 1792. The Mexican version is located at a traffic circle in Plaza Villa de Madrid, where Oaxaca, Durango, Medellín and El Oro streets converge in Colonia Roma.
50. Museo de Sitio Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco is an important archaeological site located on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco in the southeastern Valley of Mexico, in what is today the borough of Tlalpan in Mexico City. Some historians believe this settlement goes back to 1400 BC. Other historians believe the pyramid could be the oldest building in the Americas circa 6,500 BC.
51. Templo de San Fernando
The Temple of San Fernando is a Catholic temple located in the Guerrero neighborhood, next to the pantheon of the same name. He was part of the Apostolic College of Propaganda Fide of San Fernando of the Order of the Franciscans, where missionaries who participated in the evangelization of New Spain were formed.
52. Museo del Cine
The Cineteca Nacional is an institution dedicated to the preservation, cataloging, exhibition and dissemination of cinema in Mexico. It is dependent on the Ministry of Culture and is part of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). Its director is, since 2013, the filmmaker Alejandro Pelayo Rangel.
53. Museo Memoria y Tolerancia
The Museum of Memory and Tolerance is a museum in Mexico City. It opened its doors on October 18, 2010 and seeks to spread respect for diversity and tolerance based on historical remembrance through the use of genocide exhibitions and multimedia presentations of values in favor of tolerance.
Wikipedia: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (México) (ES), Website
54. Ché Guevara y Fidel Castro
Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
55. Plaza de la Solidaridad
The Plaza de la Solidaridad is a plaza located in Mexico City, Mexico, adjacent to the Alameda Central. During the sixteenth century, the area in which the park is now located was on the outskirts of the city. When the city grew and urbanized, the Convent of San Diego occupied the space.
56. Teatro Fru-fru
The Teatro Fru (Fru Theater) is a theater in Mexico City. It was inaugurated on January 1, 1899 under the name Teatro Renacimiento. In 1973 it was re-inaugurated with its current name. It is located at number 24 in the Donceles Street, in the Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
57. Santa Vera Cruz
The Santa Veracruz Monastery in the historic center of Mexico City is one of the oldest religious establishments in Mexico City and was the third most important church in the area in the 16th century. It was established by a religious brotherhood founded by Hernán Cortés.
58. Archivo de la Fotografía
The Museo Archivo de la Fotografía is a museum in the Historic center of Mexico City located in "La Casa de las Ajaracas", built at the end of the 16th century, at Guatemala street #34. The museum is dedicated to the conservation, research and distribution of photography.
59. Teatro Metropólitan
The Teatro Metropólitan is one of Mexico's best-known movie theaters. Before being the Teatro Metropólitan it was known as the Cine Metropólitan, and was built as a movie palace. The architect was Pedro Gorozpe E. with interior decorations by Aurelio G. Mendoza.
60. Museo Universitario del Chopo
The Museo Universitario del Chopo is located at Doctor Enrique González Martínez Street in the Colonia Santa María la Ribera of Mexico City. It has collections in contemporary art, and is part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
61. Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris
The Teatro de la Ciudad was built as the Teatro Esperanza Iris in 1918 and is now one of Mexico City’s public venues for cultural events. The theater is located in the historic center of Mexico City on Donceles Street 36.
62. Monumento a la Raza
The Monumento a la Raza is a 50 meters (160 ft) high pyramid in northern Mexico City. It is located in the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes, Circuito Interior and Calzada Vallejo, in the Cuauhtémoc borough.
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