Coyoac谩n & San 脕ngel
Inside the courtyard of this museum, midway along Plaza San Jacinto鈥檚 north side, is an elaborate fountain, a mad mosaic of Talavera tile and Chinese porcelain. Upstairs is a treasure trove of Mexican baroque and medieval European paintings.
Check their website for events such as indigenous language courses, bird-watcher meet-ups, and Day of the Dead ofrendas (altars).
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Immense murals by world-famous Mexican artists dominate the top floors of this splendid white-marble palace 鈥 a concert hall and arts center commissioned鈥
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As the seat of the federal branch of the Mexican government,聽the Palacio Nacional (National Palace) is home to the offices of the president of Mexico and鈥
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The Torre Latinoamericana was Latin America鈥檚 tallest building when constructed in 1956, and remains the dominant focal point of Centro Hist贸rico. It's an鈥
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Renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born in, and lived and died in, Casa Azul (Blue House), now a museum. Almost every visitor to Mexico City makes a鈥
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Before the Spaniards demolished it, the Aztec 'Great Temple' Teocalli of Tenochtitl谩n covered the site where the cathedral now stands, as well as the鈥
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Tepoztl谩n's main sight is this 10m-high pyramid perched atop a sheer cliff at the end of a very steep paved path that begins at the end of Avenida del鈥
Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
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If you saw the movie Frida (2002), you鈥檒l recognize this museum, designed by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's friend, architect and painter Juan O鈥橤orman鈥
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There鈥檚 a very simple reason to visit this wonderful, expansive museum comprising the restored Jesuit Iglesia de San Francisco Javier and an adjacent鈥
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Every Saturday the Bazaar S谩bado brings masses of color and crowds of people to this San 脕ngel square, 500m west of Avenida Insurgentes. Museo Casa del鈥
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A storehouse of magnificent sacred art in a former school run by the Carmelite order. The collection includes oils by Mexican master Crist贸bal de鈥
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One of the city鈥檚 first contemporary-art spaces, this San 脕ngel museum was founded by Yucatecan businessman 脕lvaro Carrillo Gil to store a large鈥
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This monument in La Bombilla park in San 脕ngel is the work of Mexican sculptor Ignacio As煤nsolo and dates from 1935 to commemorate the murder of President鈥
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In this tropically abundant, pruned park spreading east of Avenida Insurgentes, paths encircle the Monumento a 脕lvaro Obreg贸n, a monolithic shrine to the鈥
7. Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
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If you saw the movie Frida (2002), you鈥檒l recognize this museum, designed by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's friend, architect and painter Juan O鈥橤orman鈥
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Two kilometers south of San 脕ngel, the Ciudad Universitaria is the main campus of the Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico (UNAM). With about 3330,000鈥