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Mexico City, the oldest American metropolis, is located in the region of the Central Highlands (at an altitude of 2240 meters), covered by the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl and is distinguished by having the best climate in the world, with a temperature annual average of 22 ° C.
Formerly known as the "City of Palaces", Mexico City has two areas designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO: Its Historical Center, adorned with beautiful and historic religious buildings such as the Metropolitan Cathedral, one of the monuments important architectural of America, the National Palace, whose inner courtyard you can admire the spectacular Diego Rivera murals where he captured his vision of Mexico's history, or the Palacio de Bellas Artes, a beautiful building of art nouveau and deco styles, which houses a of cultural and artistic sites of the most important city. The Ecological Park of Xochimilco, considered by many as the "Venice of Mexico", for its beautiful canals that can be traversed on board a "trajinera" (curious wooden boat decorated with flowers).

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If your interest is cultural, Mexico City offers a wide variety of museums as the National Museum of Anthropology, the National Art Museum and the National History Museum (housed in Chapultepec Castle), where you can admire great collections reflect the artistic and historical evolution of the country since pre-Hispanic times to today. To the north, you can visit the Basilica of Guadalupe, the second most visited shrine in the world after St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, a scale required for those who want to learn even more about the customs and traditions of the city. To all this must be added that Mexico City is a cosmopolitan enclave, where the legacy of the colonial tradition is combined with a wide range of activities of a modern city: shopping in bazaars and markets of handicrafts, such as those in the neighborhoods of Coyoacan and San Angel, or in exclusive boutiques and commercial places, such as those in Santa Fe and Polanco area, surrounded the glamour and comfort of its hotels and restaurants of international category

The Historic Center of Mexico City is the oldest part of the capital and also containing some of the most precious artistic treasures of not only the country but the world, and in their surroundings one can find excellent examples of classical architecture and novohispana, wrapped in magic and legend, which earned him to be declared a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Entre sus edificios más importantes destacan: Among its most important buildings include:

National Palace.
Built on the houses of Emperor Moctezuma, this building is located directly across the Zocalo, there may admire spectacular murals by renowned artists such as Diego Rivera, who are the historical journey of political power in Mexico.

Catedral Metropolitana. Catedral Metropolitana.
Located at the side of the National Palace, in front of the Zocalo, is a work of far-reaching in its structure that combines the grandeur of art and Viceroyalty of the religious fervor of Catholicism, is the largest religious building in Latin America.

Mining Palace.
Baroque and neoclassical style of this building is the headquarters of the International Book Fair, which is celebrated each year between February and March.

Post Office Building.
Located on the corner that make up the streets of Tacuba and the Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, is one of the most beautiful, elegant buildings of Mexico City, his style recalls the great palaces of Venice.

Fine Art Papace
It is located at the side of the Alameda Central, at the corner that make up Av. Juárez and Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. Decorated with impressive sculptures and an eclectic mix of styles art nouveau and art deco, this building housed one of the most beautiful concert halls in the world.

Casa de los Azulejos
Located on the streets of Francisco I. Madero, en el Centro Histórico. Madero, in the Historic Center. It is famous for its facade covered with thousands of polychrome tiles produced in Puebla, now houses a famous restaurant.

Santo Domingo Square
Located north of the Zocalo, on the streets of Republic of Brazil, this is an architectural highlight where the church that gives its name to the square, the building of the former Customs and the Palace of the Inquisition.

Reforma corridor
It is located at the center of the city, on Av. Paseo de la Reforma. Along this avenue may admire the most famous monuments of the city, as well as modern buildings including: the Torre Mayor, the tallest building in Latin America with 55 floors, one of the most important building projects in recent times And the Fountain of Diana Cazadora, which was called so in memory of the Roman goddess of the hunt, designed by Vicente Mendiola and carved in bronze by the sculptor Juan Francisco Olaguíbel; the Monument to Independence, better known as El Angel, which represents the "winged Victory," which rests on a large column of Corinthian style, at the foot of which there are figures of the heroes of independence and the symbols of war, peace, law and justice, represented in the form of female figures sedentes. Later you can admire the monument to Cuauhtemoc, a square set of three bodies, which highlights the figure of the Aztec emperor attitude in combat, wielding a spear, and at the roundabout next to the monument of Christopher Columbus, by the sculptor Carlos French Gardien, which is distinguished by the pink color of its pedestal in the Renaissance style, and finally, on the corner that make up the Ave. Reforma and Av. Juarez, you'll find the sculpture of El Caballito, the sculptor Sebastian Chihuahua, which refers to the equestrian statue of Charles IV, which now faces the National Museum of Art, in the Historic Center.

National Museum of Anthropology
Considered one of the most important museums of the world, the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, has the largest collection of pre-Columbian art on the planet, which distributed its 24 theme rooms are the largest museum in Latin America. The National Museum of Anthropology and History was designed by Mexican architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez also author of the Basilica of Guadalupe, the Museo del Templo Mayor and the famous graphic identity for the 1968 Summer Olympics. This museum is divided into several rooms, each dedicated to one of the cultures that flourished in the Mexican territory from 3000 years ago between the Board found that Olmec, Teotihuacan Chamber, the Chamber Maya, Mexico between the Chamber of other equally important .. The museum also has a hall of temporary exhibits from other museums of the world's most important.

This site offers us a different vision from other museums and it also display unique pieces of pre-Columbian art, also features reproductions of some of the most prominent buildings in Mesoamerican cultures that we are immersed in their culture and way of life.Moreover, the architecture of the place is itself a source of beauty as among its attractions with a large dome which dropped a cascade of water in tribute to Tlaloc, the rain god of the ancient Aztecs and other elements that combined with his collection has been placed since its inception among the highlights of the world.

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