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
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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
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
Mexican Secretariat of Public Education
The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) building is located near the historic center of Mexico City. It is rich with public history, including a series of murals by the famous Diego Rivera. The building currently serves as the headquarters for SEP, which has many purposes, including maintaining public schools and ensuring that the educational requirements of the Mexican Constitution are upheld.
In the courtyard is a statue of Benito Juarez with a child. Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until he died in office in 1872.
Ministry of Public Education
Ministry of Public Education Quarter
Benito Juarez Statue
Shopping in the Square
Despite protests in the main square in the historic center of Mexico City, vendors set up with the cathedral in the background, stands under umbrellas to sell local, colorful items
Street Shopping
Vendors on the Street
Saw, while walking around the historic center in Mexico City, a shoe polisher waiting for a customer, one guy reading newspapers, and one person looking for snacks to purchase
Shoe Polisher Waiting
Reading Newspapers
Reviewing Snacks for Sale
Lot of Churches and Cathedrals
The historic center of Mexico has many churches and cathedrals that one sees while walking around.
Santo Domingo in Mexico City refers to the Church of Santo Domingo and its Plaza, also called Santo Domingo. Both are located three blocks north of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is one of the main buildings in the historic center, but limited opportunities to photograph the entire cathedral due to tents in the square. Many images to be posted.
Iglesia de Santo Domingo
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Side View
Colorful Items for Sale
There is so much color at the historic center of Mexico City, with vendors selling eye-catching items
Vendor on the Street
Colorful Items for Sale
Street Vendors
Despite the protests, many vendors were selling colorful items under umbrellas and rolled-up tarps in the historic center of Mexico City.
Walking on the Street
Selling Wares on the Street
Guided Walking Tour
We took a guided walking tour around the historic center of Mexico City. He gave us an overview of the sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan.
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, founded in 1325 on an island in Lake Texcoco, in present-day Mexico City. It was a remarkable urban center known for its complex architecture, advanced agriculture, and vibrant trade networks. The city was eventually conquered by Hernán Cortés and his Spanish forces in 1521, and its ruins now lie beneath modern-day Mexico City.
The Templo Mayor (pictured behind the guide) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica.
Guided Tour
Templo Mayor
Another View Templo Mayor