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  2. Zócalo - Wikipedia

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    The modern Zócalo in Mexico City is 57,600 m 2 (240 m × 240 m). [5] It is bordered by the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral to the north, the National Palace to the east, the Federal District buildings to the south and the Old Portal de Mercaderes to the west, the Nacional Monte de Piedad building at the northwest corner, with the Templo Mayor site to the northeast, just outside view.

  3. Historic center of Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    The historic center of Mexico City (Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central. [2]

  4. Templo Mayor - Wikipedia

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    The Zócalo, or main plaza of Mexico City today, was developed to the southwest of Templo Mayor, which is located in the block between Seminario and Justo Sierra streets. [5] The site is part of the Historic Center of Mexico City, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987. It received 801,942 visitors in 2017. [6]

  5. National Palace (Mexico) - Wikipedia

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    It is located on Mexico City's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución . This site has been a palace for the ruling class of Mexico since the Aztec Empire , and much of the current palace's building materials are from the original one that belonged to the 16th-century leader Moctezuma II .

  6. History of Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    The symbol of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the central image on the Mexican flag since Mexican independence from Spain in 1821.. The history of Mexico City stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 C.E as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the senior partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance that dominated central Mexico immediately prior to the Spanish conquest of 1519 ...

  7. Old Portal de Mercaderes (Mexico City) - Wikipedia

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    View of west side of Zocalo. Old Portal de Mercaderes in the historic center of Mexico City was and is the west side of the main plaza (otherwise known as the "Zócalo"). This side of the plaza has been occupied by commercial structures since the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.

  8. Aztec sun stone - Wikipedia

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    Shortly after the Spanish conquest, the monolithic sculpture was buried in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City. It was rediscovered on 17 December 1790 during repairs on the Mexico City Cathedral. [3] Following its rediscovery, the sun stone was mounted on an exterior wall of the cathedral, where it remained until 1885. [4]

  9. Museum of Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of Mexico City (Spanish: Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico) is located at Pino Suarez 30, a few blocks south of the Zocalo, on what was the Iztapalapa Causeway, near where Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II met for the first time. [1]