Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The main temple of Mexico — the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe — dates back to 1531. According to legend, that year in winter an ordinary peasant named Juan Diego on the Tepeyac hill appeared the image of the Holy Virgin Mary. The man told the bishop about his vision, but, alas, he did not believe him.
Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City
The Palace of Fine Arts is located in the historical center of Mexico City and is rightfully considered one of the main symbols of the Mexican capital. Most of the architecturally magnificent building is occupied by the concert halls of the Opera House.
Frida Kahlo Museum
The museum of the most famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is located in the house where she was born, grew up and spent her whole life. Together with Frida Kahlo, her husband, no less famous moralist artist Diego Rivera, also lived in the house.
Chapultepec Palace
The Chapultepec Palace in Mexico City is worth a visit not only because it is the former residence of the Mexican emperors and a real masterpiece of architecture. It will be impossible to see such a panorama that opens here while visiting any other attractions.
Doll Island
In one of the channels of the “place of flowers” of Xochimilco, filled with guitar chimes and sweet mariachos voices, a gloomy Island of dolls hid. They say that a little girl, the daughter of fisherman Julian Barrera, the only person who lived on the island in the early 50s, drowned here once.
Azteca Stadium in Mexico City
The famous Mexican stadium “Azteca” was built in the early 60s of the last century to host the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City (they took place in 1968). Since then, the Mexican complex has repeatedly become a place where real sports battles unfolded.
Templo Major
Templo Mayor is a unique open-air museum in Mexico City. The official opening of this complex (its name translates as “the main temple”) took place in 1987 after sensational archaeological research that was conducted on this territory of the Mexican capital.
Chapultepec Park
Chapultepec Park, the former residence of mighty rulers, and today the center of historical attractions and entertainment is located on a hill in the center of Mexico City, or rather, “on the hill of grasshoppers” — this is how its name is translated from Nahuatl.