Mexico City #1

Mexico City – the city, challenging the right of the title of world’s largest, attracted by its ancient history, colonial architecture and unforgettable flavor. In 1325 there was started the construction of the great capital of the Aztec empire – Tenochtitlan. Today is a historic city center, where you will see the ruins of the ancient Aztec pyramids and visit the main square Zocalo, where the buildings of the colonial era – silent witnesses of the history of Mexico, one of which is the National Palace – the former residence of the Cortes, viceroy of New Spain and the presidents of Mexico. Here you will see a gallery of famous frescoes muralista the 20 th century, Diego Rivera, telling us about the history of the country, starting with pre-Columbian civilizations.

As part of the city tour you will visit the main temple of the country – the Central Cathedral, the most magnificent cathedral in Latin America, whose construction was started in 1563. Also, you will pass on the most beautiful avenue of the city – Paseo de la Reforma, modeled on the Paris Champs-Elysees Maximiliano Hapsburg – emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in 1864. Avenue You will see historical monuments, the most important of which – The Monument of Independence of Mexico from the Spanish colonization. This pyatidesyatimetrovaya column, crowned with “angel” of independence, became a business card of the city.

The Anthropological Museum is considered one of the richest museums in the world. It covers an area of more than 10 thousand square meters, there are 26 exhibition halls, in which collected thousands of pieces of ancient pre-Columbian civilizations – basalt monoliths of the pagan gods, ritual bowls, braziers, and knives from the sacred stone of obsidian, the ancient papirusovye codes decorations gold, jade, turquoise, ancient stele, altars, and many other items that help you to present the life and culture of ancient civilizations.