Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Historic center of Mexico City. Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México. The Zócaloalso known as Plaza de la Constitución with the Mexican flagwaving in the center and to the right behind it, the Old Portal de Mercaderes. Coordinates: 19°25′58″N99°07′59″W / 19.43278°N 99.13306°W / 19.43278; -99. Country.
In 1524, the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, [ 22] and as of 1585, it was officially known as Ciudad de México (Mexico City). [ 22] Mexico City played a major role in the Spanish colonial empire as a political, administrative, and financial center. [ 23]
Nápoles - home of the World Trade Center Mexico City and the iconic Midcentury monument the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros. San Ángel - Historic residential and shopping area. Santa Fe - Financial, business district and upscale residential neighborhood. Polanco - Shopping, business and tourist area. Tepito - Popular flea market, home to many ...
Construction. Inauguration. 1862. ( 1862) Francisco I. Madero Avenue, commonly known as simply Madero Street, is a geographically and historically significant pedestrian street of Mexico City and a major thoroughfare of the historic city center. It has an east–west orientation from Zócalo to the Eje Central.
History of Mexico City. Coordinates: 19°25′59.11″N 99°7′43.84″W. The symbol of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the central image on the Mexican flag since Mexican independence from Spain in 1821. The history of Mexico City stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 CE as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the ...
Boroughs are considered as third-level subdivisions for statistical data collection and cross-country comparisons. The traditional center of Mexico City comprises four boroughs: Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo and Venustiano Carranza. Mexico City is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico, the others being the 31 states.
Condesa or La Condesa is an area in the Cuauhtémoc Borough of Mexico City, south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square. It is immediately west of Colonia Roma, together with which it is designated as a "Barrio Mágico Turístico" ("Magic Neighborhood for Tourists").
Polanco is a neighborhood in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City.Polanco is an affluent colonia, noted for its luxury shopping along Presidente Masaryk Avenue, the most expensive street in Mexico, [1] as well as for the numerous prominent cultural institutions located within the neighborhood.