Ciudad de Mexico: El Zócalo and Diego de Rivera.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230365)
Chile
February 21, 2019 1:55pm CST
The same day we arrived to Ciudad de Mexico, we took a cab to El Zócalo. There you have the big square, the Giant Cathedral and the National Palace with one of the biggest murals Painted by Diego de Rivera.
For those of you who saw the movie 'Frida', he was painting that when they met. BTW, the movie is worth watching.
Thanks be given there were elevators. This lady could not have climbed the stairs and looked at the pictures at the same time. Awesome!
Then we went to the Cathedral (built from 1573 to 1813) .
I have traveled a lot and it is incredible how people destroy beauty to do their own thing. This Cathedral (a beauty) took stones of the Aztec temple for its construction.
If you ever go to Ciudad de Mexico, start by this.
See you later. I´ll check my notifications.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
22 Feb 19
That is definitely a nice shot. Thanks for sharing with us your experience in Mexico!
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
22 Feb 19
I do wish more people went there. For us, Latin American, this is very near our past history at its best.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
22 Feb 19
@marguicha Absolutely, you're so right.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
22 Feb 19
I would have liked to stay until fgorever. But we had a few days.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
21 Feb 19
Those art works are so beautiful; even the architectural work. It would feel like going back in time when you see it (as I can feel if I go there).
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Feb 19
The Rivera mural must have been amazing.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
22 Feb 19
It is incredible. I have seen it several times. This time we were for just a gew days so we did not have time to do all we wanted.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
8 Mar 19
@marguicha thanks I love art and I have Netflix I will have to check it out!
@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
8 Mar 19
It is. The name is Frida and it is in Netflix.
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@quantum2020 (12054)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
3 Mar 19
Most stones from the old Aztec Temple were used for building the cathedral and some buildings around the zocalo. I didn´t know that until about ten years ago. I´ve seen many murals from Diego Rivera and other painters. Tin many buildings and theaters in Mexico
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
4 Mar 19
Everywhere, new cultures dispose of what older cultures had. I have seen the stones at Pisa using old marble with Roman writing. And When I went to Tiahuanaco, in Perú, the church was half built with the stones from the Templo del Sol. I didn´t know about the stones from the Templo Mayor.
@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
4 Mar 19
@marguicha I am sorry. Tiahuanaco is in Bolivia.
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