Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana) Mexico City

Avenida 16 de Septiembre, Colonia Centro Mexico City , Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Mexico
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    Mexico City

    As the age old saying goes....Mexico city is pretty bloody big! So even after taking the time to book a hostel and look up the address, it still took us a while to get there, but we made it eventually. After a day of travel we just wanted quick food, and unfortunately the first place we came across was a fairly empty chinese buffet. I know, we came …

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    Mexico City May 15, 2012

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    Entry containing 14 photos titled: our typical Mexican lunch, Sarah enjoying a Corona, amazing buildings in Mexico City, Cathedral on Zocalo square, kiss viewpoint above Mexico, fluro Police!, the nicest Post Office i have ever seen, Sarah's Mexican sombreo, Justin in a bar of Tequila

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    Feeling ****** in Mexico City

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    ... are just off  the Plaza de la Constitucion (Zócalo), the main central square which is home to the Spanish-era Metropolitan Cathedral and National Palace so we are really centrally located.  Not too much walking then. We decided to head over ...

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    Mexico City

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    ... on the south west corner of the plaza – and my room faces onto the square with the huge Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City on the left, the Palacio Nacional straight ahead and the Federal District buildings to the ...

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    A City Within a City

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    ... met and also saw first hand how the city is sinking due to the instability of the volcanic soil. We then toured the Metropolitan Cathedral, which is the largest and oldest cathedral in the Americas. It was built in sections beginning in the year 1573 ...

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    Back!

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    ... I think that´s enough of my moaning... The major points of interest around the Zocalo are the Presidential Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral, supposedly the largest cathedral in Latin America. The main draw for the palace, personally speaking was ...

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    Ciudad de México

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    ... in the park is housed. The park is called Alameda and it's a large park in the center of the city, about 16 blocks. We visited the Metropolitan Cathedral that is next to the National Palace. The Cathedral is really nice, big with lots of things to ...

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    Mexico city

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    ... all, the hostel was conveniently located next to the National Palace, where the President lives and just behind the Metropolitan Cathedral. We booked ourselves for the Teotihuacan-cum-Guadalupe shrine-cum-3 Cultures tour, organised by the ...

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    Mexico City

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    ... a cab for a decent price over to the Centro Historico which is home to the Zocalo, the Presidential Palace and the giant metropolitan Cathedral, and where we found a cool place to stay. There are a lot of historical statues and buildings spread out ...

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    The sites in Mexico City

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    ... very similar to the ones we had visited this morning (minus the He-Man dolls). We also took a brief look at the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Templo Mayor. We didn't tour these places with the intention to return with our friends Sandy and Chad on ...

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    Mexico city-the capital-finally!

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    ... population in the world (behind Tokyo only); it has the largest Cathedral(called Metropolitan Cathedral) and University (called Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) of the Americas; the third largest building for its national parliament behind ...

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    Mexico City

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    ... on the bus after three to four hours just soaking it all in.  The zocalo is huge and dominated by the Metropolitan cathedral, which is clearly showing some serious subsidence.  We had a good look round the Chapultepec park, the Condessa and ...