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![What is now the historic downtown of Mexico City roughly correlates with the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, which was founded around 1325. During the prehispanic era, the city developed in a planned fashion, with streets and canals aligned with the cardinal directions, leading to orderly square blocks.[5] The island that the city was founded on was divided into four calpullis or neighborhoods that were divided by the main north-south roads leading to Tepeyac and Iztapalapa respectively and the west-east road that lead to Tacuba and to a dike into the lake, respectively. The calpullis were named Cuepopan, Atzacualco, Moyotla and Zoquipan, which had subdivisions and a "tecpan" or district council each. The intersection of these roads was the center of the city and of the Aztec world. Here were the Templo Mayor, the palaces of the tlatoani or emperors, palaces of nobles such as the "House of the Demons" and the "House of the Flowers". Also located here were the two most renowned Aztec schools: the Telpuchcalli for secular studies and the Calmecac for priestly training. When the Spaniards arrived, the city had aqueducts built by Montezuma Ilhuicamina and Ahuizotl as well as a large dike constructed to the east of the city. After the Spanish conquest, this design remained largely intact, mostly due to the efforts of Alonso Garcia Bravo, who supervised much of the rebuilding of the city. This reconstruction conserved many of the main thoroughfares such as Tenayuca, renamed <b>...</b>](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0VT1X49_Aik/0.jpg) 3.22 min. | 0 user rating |
![The historic center of Mexico City is also known as the "Centro" or "Centro Histórico." This neighborhood is focused on the Zócalo or main plaza in Mexico City and extends in all directions for a number of blocks with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central [1] The Zocalo is the largest plaza in Latin America [2] and the second largest in the world after Moscow's Red Square.[3] It can hold up to nearly 100000 people. This section of the city has just over nine square km and occupies 668 blocks. It contains 9000 buildings, 1550 of which have been declared of historical importance. Most of these historic buildings were constructed between the 16th and 20th centuries. It is divided into two zones for preservation purposes. Zone A encompasses the pre-hispanic city and its expansion from the Viceroy period until Independence. Zone B covers the areas all other constructions to the end of the 19th century that are considered indispensable to the preservation of the area's architectural and cultural heritage.[5] This is where the Spaniards began to build what is now modern Mexico City in the 16th century on the ruins of the conquered Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire.[2] As the center of the ancient Aztec Empire and the seat of power for the Spanish colony of New Spain, the Centro Historico contains most of the city's historic sites from both eras as well as a large number of museums. This has made it a World Heritage Site.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C_Hevj43yKI/0.jpg) 3.60 min. | 5.0 user rating |
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| Zócalo and immediate vicinity | Zócalo * Mexico City Cathedral * National Palace * Federal District buildings * Templo Mayor * Old Portal de Mercaderes * Nacional Monte de Piedad | |
| Schools and colleges | Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana * Academia Mexicana de la Historia * Academy of San Carlos * Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas * Antigua Escuela de Economía * Colegio Nacional * Colegio de Minería | |
| Government buildings | Old Customs Building * Chamber of Deputies * Departamento de Estadistica Nacional * Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters * Senate building * Supreme Court building * Palace of the Marqués del Apartado | |
| Religious buildings | Nuestra Señora de Loreto Church * Church of San Francisco * Church of Nuestra Señora de Valvanera * Church of San Bernardo * Ex Temple of Corpus Christi * La Enseñanza Church * La Merced Cloister * La Santisima Church * Temple and Ex-convent of Jesus Maria * Church of San Juan de Dios * Parish of la Santa VeraCruz * Parish of San Miguel * Santa Clara church - Library of Congress * Santa Teresa la Antigua * Temple of San Pablo el Nuevo * Church of Santo Domingo * Temple of Saint Augustine * Temple of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa" | |
| Museums | San Ildefonso College * Caricature Museum * Franz Mayer Museum * Museum of the City of Mexico * Interactive Museum of Economics * Museo de Arte Popular * José Luis Cuevas Museum * Palace of the Inquisition (Museum of Mexican Medicine) * Mexican Army Museum * Museo Nacional de Arte * Museo de Charrería * Museo de la Estampa * Museo de Estanquillo * Museum Archive of Photography * Museum of Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público * San Pedro y San Pablo College (Museum of Light) * House of the First Print Shop in the Americas * National Museum of Cultures | |
| Palaces | Palace of Iturbide * Palacio de Bellas Artes * Palacio de Correos de Mexico * Casa de los Azulejos * Palacio de la Autonomia de UNAM * Houses of the Mayorazgo de Guerrero * Palace of the Marqués del Apartado | |
| Historic houses | Tlaxcala House * Saint Augustine House * House of Count de la Torre de Cossio * House of the Marquis of Uluapa * House of the Count de la Torre Cosío y la Cortina | |
| Other | Plaza Garibaldi * Antigua Escuela de Jurisprudencia * Chinatown (Barrio Chino) * Tlaxcala House * Garden of the Triple Alliance * Centro Cultural de España (Mexico City) * INAH Building * Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market * La Merced Market * Lirico Theatre * Alameda Park * Plaza Santo Domingo * Teatro Hidalgo * Teatro de la Ciudad * Saint Augustine House * Torre Latinoamericana * Hospital de Jesús Nazareno * Tlaxcoaque | |
| North West | |North West | | |
| North Central | Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro * Historic Centre of Zacatecas * Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro * Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines * Protected town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco | |
| West | Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila * Historic Centre of Morelia * Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara * Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of Californiaup|1 * Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserveup|1 * Islas Marías | |
| East | Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetlup|1 * Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín * Historic Centre of Puebla * Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan | |
| South West | Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán * Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque * Nahá-Metzabok | |
| South Central | Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco * Central University City Campus of the UNAM * Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetlup|1 * Historic Centres of Mexico City and Xochimilco * Luis Barragán House and Studio * Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserveup|1 * Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacán | |
| South East | Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche * Historic Fortified Town of Campeche * Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén Itzá * Sian Ka'an * Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal | |
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