Mexico City: Media
national capital, Mexico
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Learn more about the Mexico City earthquake of 1985 and the Torre Mayor office building...
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Overview of the history of Tenochtitlán, forerunner of Mexico City, Mexico.
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Overview of the history of Mexico City.
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The Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución), Mexico City; in the background are (left)...
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Aztec ruins of the former city-state of Tlatelolco (foreground) and the Church of...
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The “floating” gardens (chinampas) of Xochimilco, Mexico City, remnants...
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The Zócalo (foreground), Mexico City; in the background are (left) the Metropolitan...
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Modern architecture and sculpture along the Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City.
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.
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The Paseo de la Reforma at dusk, Mexico City.
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Motorized three-wheeled rickshaws in Mexico City.
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Pollution darkening the skies over Mexico City.
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Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, with mosaics...
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Ruins of Templo Mayor, located just off the Zócalo, Mexico City.
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Trajineras (flat-bottomed boats) in Xochimilco, Mexico City.
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Courtyard of the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City.
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Metropolitan Cathedral at night in Mexico City.
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Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Constructed on the site of an earlier 16th-century church, the Old Basilica of Our...
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Mosaic mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1952–53, on the Central Administration Building...
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The homes and studios of Frida Kahlo (blue) and Diego Rivera (white) in Mexico City.
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Azul Stadium (left), where football (soccer) matches are held, and the Plaza México...
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Early illustration of Mexico City, 1557.
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View of Mexico City, from New World by Arnoldus Montanus, 1671.
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A sketch of the castle of Chapultepec, Mexico City, as it was seen by victorious...
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Chinampa in Mexico City.
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Desierto de los Leones (“Desert of the Lions”), a national park near Mexico City.
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An apartment building destroyed by an earthquake that struck Mexico City in 1985.
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Facade of the Metropolitan Sacristy, Mexico City, by Lorenzo Rodriguez, 1749–68.
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Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City.
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Tlaloc, pre-Columbian statue at the entrance to the National Museum of Anthropology,...
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Watchtower on the grounds of Chapultepec Castle, which houses the National Museum...
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Indigenous enslaved people building Mexico City on the ruins of Tenochtitlán, under...
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