As we conclude the posting of photos from our trip to Mexico City and its surrounding area, here is a collage of images from the historic center, with the flag of Mexico as its background.
Mexico City Historic Center
Mercado de Artesanias La Ciudadela is a vibrant market in Mexico City’s historic center, established in 1965 to showcase Mexican handicrafts. It features over 350 vendors from all 32 states, offering a diverse range of items such as textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and folk art.
Artistic Design for a Market Store
A designed, arched gate serves as an entrance to a shopping center around the historic center of Mexico City
Designed Gate
A diversity of dried, colorful corn hanging in a shopping warehouse around the historic center of Mexico City
Different Kinds of Corn
Grocery stores in a shopping warehouse around the historic center of Mexico City offered a colorful variety of fruits
Variety of Fruits
Fruits in Rows
Different Kinds of Fruits
Colorful Fruits
Protestors at an upscale department store in a converted old building near the historic center of Mexico City
Protestors Outside Upscale Department Store
Walking on the streets around the historic center of Mexico City, we saw a nicely carved wooden door and an old-style knocker
Carving on a Door
An Old Door Handle
There are numerous old-style street lamps in the historic center of Mexico City. Here is an image of one in black and white.
Street Lamp in Black and White
The Church of Jesus of Nazareth is a Catholic temple located in the Historic Center of Mexico City, in the Cuauhtémoc borough, and was built in the 17th and 18th centuries, with subsequent modifications in the 19th century.
Small Church
Church Sign
An elaborate portal on another cathedral and a simpler one on a different church around the historic center of Mexico City
Artistic Architecture
Door to a Church
Something different to see, a colorful tower around the historic center of Mexico City
Colorful Tower
An artistic tower against the sky and clouds in the historic center of Mexico City
Tower Against the Sky with Clouds
Walking on the streets around the historic center of Mexico City, one sees many churches. Here is one with umbrellas, adding colors to the foreground.
Adding Color to a Church
Even a modern shopping mall in a past building in the historic center of Mexico City
Shopping Mall in Historic Building
This historic hotel features stunning 1800s architecture combined with modern amenities, located blocks from the Zócalo and the Historic Center of Mexico City. There is a stained glass ceiling.
Hampton Inn in Historic Building
Reflection of Stained Glass Ceiling
The Palace of Fine Arts, known as Palacio de Bellas Artes in Spanish, is a significant cultural institution in Mexico. It is situated in the historic center of Mexico City. The palace is dedicated to various forms of art, including theater, dance, music, opera, visual arts, literature, and architecture.
Palace of Fine Arts
It is quite a contrast to see old architecture, modern buildings, and technology in Mexico City’s historic center
Old versus New
Old versus New Architecture
Impressive, traditional architecture of buildings at the historic center in Mexico City
Impressive Architecture
Impressive Architecture at the Historic Center
Walking around the historic center in Mexico City, one can see graffiti on the walls in front of statues commemorating people from the past
Graffiti Too in the Historic Center
Whether protestor tents or vendor umbrellas, they add color to the Government Building at Zocalo in the historic center of Mexico City
Colorful Tents at the Government Building