In addition to the protest for Mexico’s teachers, it was interesting to see a chalk sign wanting freedom for Palestine in the Zocalo in the historic center of Mexico City
Free Palestine Protest in the Historic Center
Another Protest
Category Archives: Mexico
Adding Color
A protester’s tent adds a blue color to the foreground of a photo of a Government building in the historic center of Mexico City
Different Colors at the Government Building
Protestors at Zocalo
Tents of the protestors at Zocalo, a constitutional plaza at the historic center in Mexico City, restrict the ability to take full photos of the Cathedral and other buildings
Protest in front of Cathedral
Protesters at the Historic Center
Color at Zocalo
The Zócalo, located in the historic center of Mexico City, is the largest plaza in Latin America. This public space remains a popular gathering place for locals and visitors alike. Several vendors are selling colorful items.
Selling at the Historic Center
Color at the Store
Colorful Items for Sale
Bicycles for Rent
Mexico City is a very bike-friendly city. The city now boasts a network of over 530 kilometers of bicycle lanes, comprising both exclusive lanes and shared lanes.
Bicycles to be Rented
Three of a Kind
It is common to see three-wheeled transport vehicles on the streets of the historic center of Mexico City
Three of a Kind
Powered Three Wheelers
Three-wheeled human-powered scooters (motonetas in Mexican Spanish) and small-engine motorcycles are becoming a significant part of Mexico’s major urban areas. They can be seen in smaller cities and even more rural areas.
Water Delivery
Three-wheeler Transport Vehicle
Uber Eats
Uber Food Delivery
Three-wheeled Moto Trucks
Mexico City’s most popular vehicles are three-wheeled moto-trucks. These are built-to-order, almost always for small businesses such as food trucks and mobile pet grooming services, and are used for hauling everything from drinking water to dry cleaning.
Three-wheel Transporter
Practical Transporter
Rickshaws in Mexico City
Rickshaws are used in Mexico City, primarily for transporting citizens and tourists, known in Spanish as bicitaxis (bike taxis) or tricitaxis (tricycle taxis)
Three-wheeler Taxi
Inside Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Inside the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, the massive 82-foot-tall Altar of the Kings is the oldest example of the Mexican Baroque style known as ‘Churrigueresque’. The interior consists of 40 columns, five naves, 51 vaults, and 74 arches.
Inside Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Impressive and Unusual Portal
The portal we saw at the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral had an unusual arched structure in front of the wooden door, decorated with flowers and greenery.
Unusual Entrance Gate to the Cathedral
Mexico City Cathedral Tower Unique Entrance
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Portals
The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral has three main portals and four façades, each flanked by columns and statues. A portal is a grand and artistic entrance to an important structure.
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Main Entrance
Mexico City Cathedral Tower Side Entrance
Leading to the Cathedral
Crosses at Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Three crosses at Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral – one on the dome, one on the church roof, and another one in the foreground
Two Crosses
Church Dome and Cross in Monochrome
Cross at Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral_
Different Angles
Tents and Cacti in the foreground add a different perspective to the images of the bell towers of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Tents Below Cathedral Towers
Cacti under Cathedral Towers
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Towers
The two bell towers of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral reach 215 feet and contain 25 bells. The wires across the towers add a modern sense to old architecture.
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Tower
Mexico City Cathedral Tower View
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Tower by the Lamp
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
The protesters’ tents in the square at the historic center of Mexico City add a different perspective to the Metropolitan Cathedral, which consists of two bell towers, a central dome, and three main portals.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.
We will post images of this Cathedral from different angles.
Blue Tents at Cathedral
Cathedral Sign in Spanish
Traditional Home Front
While walking on the streets around the historic center in Mexico City, we saw many artistic, colorful, traditional building fronts
Traditional Home Front
Art on the Walls
These are but a few of the subjects that cover the walls of Mexico City’s Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). This federal government building houses the Ministry of Public Education. The enormous mural cycle celebrates Mexico: its festivals, industries, and people in over 100 panels artistically.
Colorful Scene
Urban Scene
Sitting
Diego Rivera Murals
These murals, at the federal government building that houses the Ministry of Public Education, were painted from 1923 to 1928, primarily by Diego Rivera. Many consider the murals to be the foundational work that established the aesthetic of the Mexican Mural Renaissance.
In The Liberation of the Peon, Rivera draws on imagery of Christ’s martyrdom. Here, he links the worker (a farmer) to the martyred form of Christ to glorify him.
The Liberation of the Peon
Leaving the Mine depicts a worker being searched upon exiting the mine at the end of his workday. He is cloaked in white, and his extended arms resemble the crucified Christ.
Leaving the Mine
Labor Movement
Diego Rivera Mural