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  2. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral. The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María a los cielos), also commonly called the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico ...

  3. Cry of Dolores - Wikipedia

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    The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as "El Grito de Independencia" (The Independence Cry). Every year on the eve of Independence Day, the President of Mexico re-enacts the cry from the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City, while ringing the same bell Hidalgo used in 1810. During the patriotic speech, the president ...

  4. Zócalo - Wikipedia

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    The modern Zócalo in Mexico City is 57,600 m 2 (240 m × 240 m). [5] It is bordered by the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral to the north, the National Palace to the east, the Federal District buildings to the south and the Old Portal de Mercaderes to the west, the Nacional Monte de Piedad building at the northwest corner, with the Templo Mayor site to the northeast, just outside view.

  5. Historic center of Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    Historic center of Mexico City. The historic center of Mexico City (Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being ...

  6. Valentín Valdés Espinosa - Wikipedia

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    Valentín Valdés Espinosa (1981? – 8 January 2010), a Mexican journalist for the newspaper Zócalo in Saltillo, Mexico.He was 29 years old when he was murdered and was the third journalist killed in the Mexican drug war in less than three weeks in the northern states of Mexico [1] [2] [3]

  7. National Palace (Mexico) - Wikipedia

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    Location. Mexico City, Mexico. Construction started. 1522. The National Palace (Spanish: Palacio Nacional) is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. Since 2018 it has also served as the official residence for the President of Mexico. It is located on Mexico City 's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución (El Zócalo).

  8. Museum of Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 19°25′45.12″N 99°7′57.17″W. Façade of the palace. The Museum of Mexico City (Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico) is located at Pino Suarez 30, a few blocks south of the Zocalo, on what was the Iztapalapa Causeway, near where Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II met for the first time. [1] This building used to be the palace of the ...

  9. La Chona (song) - Wikipedia

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    "La Chona" was first released on 19 June 1995 as the sixth track from the album Me Robaste el Corazón. [3] In 2018, the song went viral on social platforms through "La Chona Challenge"; similar to the "Kiki Challenge", a person exits a moving vehicle and dances on a road to the song.