Plaza de las Tres Culturas (Square of the Three Cultures)

The ruins of the Aztec city Tlatelolco

"On August 13 1521, heroically defended by Cuauhtemoc, Tlateloco fell into the hands of Hernan Cortes. It was neither triumph nor defeat, but the painful birth of the mestizo nation that is Mexico today."

Templo de Santiago

The baptismal basin of Juan Diego, who witnessed the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

On Oct 2, 1968, the military opened fire to student demonstrators at the Plaza and killed hundreds. The monument is for the tragic event.

Mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros, "Cuauhtemoc Against the Myth"

An apartment building near the Plaza