Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Mexico City, Mexico

Arena México is an indoor arena in Mexico City, Mexico, located in the Colonia Doctores neighborhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or lucha libre, shows promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The building is called the "cathedral of lucha libre". Arena México has a seating capacity of 16,500 when configured for professional wrestling or boxing events. The current building was completed in 1956, built by Salvador Lutteroth, owner of CMLL at the time and is the largest arena built specifically for wrestling. The building was used as the venue for the boxing competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and throughout the last half of the 20th century hosted several large boxing events.

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The Citadel is a building in Mexico City, it 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 "José Vasconcelos" Library of Mexico and the Image Center and the headquarters of the General Directorate of Libraries of the Ministry of Culture of the country.

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The Chinese Clock is a tower clock that is located at the intersection of Bucareli and Atenas streets in the Juárez neighborhood in Mexico City. It was a gift from Puyi, the last Chinese emperor, and his government on the occasion of the centennial of the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence.

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The Monument to Christopher Columbus is a statue by French sculptor Charles Cordier first dedicated in 1877. It was originally located on a major traffic roundabout along Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, and was removed on 10 October 2020 in advance of protests.

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The Monument to the Revolution is a memorial arch commemorating the Mexican Revolution. It is located in the Plaza de la República, near the heart of the major thoroughfares Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida de los Insurgentes in downtown Mexico City.

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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.

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The Temple of San Fernando is a Catholic temple located in the Guerrero neighborhood, next to the cemetery of the same name. He was part of the Apostolic College of Propaganda Fide of San Fernando of the Franciscan Order, where the missionaries who participated in the evangelization of New Spain were trained.

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Puerta 1808 is an outdoor carbon steel sculpture by Manuel Felguérez installed in Mexico City, Mexico. It was inaugurated on 20 October 2007 by Marcelo Ebrard, the head of government, and was placed in the corner of Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida Juárez, in Cuauhtémoc. It is a 15 meters high sculpture that lies on a 2 meters high plinth.

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The Fuente de la República is a carbon steel fountain and sculpture installed in Mexico City, Mexico. It was inaugurated on 13 December 2007 by Marcelo Ebrard, the Federal District's head of government, and was placed at the intersection of Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, Avenida Juárez and Avenida Bucareli, in the Cuauhtémoc borough. The fountain was created specifically for the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the country's independence in 2010. It was designed by Manuel Felguérez, who also designed the Puerta 1808 sculpture found in front of it.

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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.

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The Teatro Metropólitan is a theater in Mexico City. It was previously 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.

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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 memory through the use of genocide exhibitions and multimedia presentations of values in favor of tolerance.

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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.

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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 indigenous 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".

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The Basilica of San José and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic temple located in the San Juan neighborhood of the Historic Center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc Mayor's Office. It was built at the end of the eighteenth century and rebuilt in the middle of the nineteenth century. Its patron saint's 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,

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The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, known as the Church of the Good Tone, is a temple located in the San Juan neighborhood of the Historic Center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc Mayor's Office. It was built at the beginning of the twentieth century. Its patron saint's 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 French-inspired style.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Ciudad de México) (ES)