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El Ateneo Grand Splendid is a bookshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2008, The Guardian placed it as the second most beautiful bookshop in the world. [ 1 ] In 2019, it was named the "world's most beautiful bookstore" by the National Geographic .
The National Library of Mexico (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de México) is located in Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. It was first established on November 30, 1867. [3] As a national library it is the preeminent bibliographic repository of Mexico and is subject to ...
The Library of the Congress of Mexico (Spanish: Biblioteca del Honorable Congreso de la Unión) is a public library which contains most of the records of the country's legislative sessions since its Independence. It is located at 29 Tacuba Street, near the corner with Bolivar in the historic center of Mexico City. [1]
In the second half of the 19th century, three brothers emigrated from Spain to Mexico City: José, Indalecio and Francisco Porrúa. Indalecio had a market stall on what is now Del Carmen Street, north northwest of the Zócalo , in which he had a sign stating that he bought and sold libraries.
The Centro Cultural de España (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico) is located at 18 Guatemala Street in the historic center of Mexico City. [1] In the late 1990s, this old mansion just behind the Cathedral was in ruins when the Mexico City government ceded it to the Spanish government. When restoration work was finished, the new Centro ...
To get to CorkScrew BBQ, I drove four hours from San Antonio to Spring, Texas. The down-home barbecue joint has been around since 2011, and when I arrived at 1:30 p.m. on a Thursday, there was ...
San Ángel. In Mexico, the neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas are known as colonias.One theory suggests that the name, which literally means colony, arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when one of the first urban developments outside Mexico City's core was built by a French immigrant colony.
Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City.Established in 1592, Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. [1] [2] Located in Cuauhtémoc borough between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.