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  1. Alameda Central: story on the “Downtown Mexico City: Tenochtitlan and the ceremonial capital” route

    The park will show how an open state ceremony turned into a police staging.

  2. Altar to the Fatherland: story on the “Chapultepec: Park, Castle, and Residences” route

    The memorial makes it possible to distinguish what is known about the defense of the castle from the later heroic version.

  3. Avenida Francisco Sosa: story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    An old route will show how work in one house gave Coyoacán its own printed history.

  4. Baños de Moctezuma: story on the “Chapultepec: Park, Castle, and Residences” route

    The catchment basin connects the pre-colonial supply system with a private bathhouse and a mistaken name.

  5. Casa de Cultura Jesús Reyes Heroles: story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    The estate will connect an election campaign headquarters, a student-president, and a cultural center named in memory of the teacher.

  6. Chapultepec Castle: story on the “Chapultepec: Park, Castle, and Residences” route

    The former quarters will show how a short-lived empire changed the hill and left the capital a new avenue.

  7. Chapultepec Lake: story on the “Chapultepec: Park, Castle, and Residences” route

    The lake will replace palace history with a story of saving the trees and the birth of mass recreation.

  8. Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul): story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    In the rooms of the house, an accident, family debts, and the first painting come together in the story of an artist's birth.

  9. Jardín Centenario: story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    The garden will show how a former monastery courtyard was adapted for the independence celebration and everyday city life.

  10. Lions' Gate: story on the “Chapultepec: Park, Castle, and Residences” route

    Here, the route begins to trace how state commissions acquired a new public function.

  11. Los Pinos: story on the “Chapultepec: Park, Castle, and Residences” route

    The final stop concludes the story of two presidential addresses handed over to visitors.

  12. Mercado de Coyoacán: story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    The market is here so that the grand architecture of the mid-century meets the story of one family stall.

  13. Metropolitan Cathedral: story on the “Downtown Mexico City: Tenochtitlan and the ceremonial capital” route

    Here you will see how the construction of the main church became part of the struggle between church and royal authority.

  14. National Museum of Anthropology: story on the “Chapultepec: Park, Castle, and Residences” route

    The story of the theft will show what happens when people try to turn national heritage into personal loot.

  15. National Palace: story on the “Downtown Mexico City: Tenochtitlan and the ceremonial capital” route

    The bell will link the façade of state power to the annual independence ceremony established here at the end of the nineteenth century.

  16. Palacio de Bellas Artes: story on the “Downtown Mexico City: Tenochtitlan and the ceremonial capital” route

    The finale will show what price an official might pay for publicly recognizing an artist.

  17. Pedestrian Madero: story on the “Downtown Mexico City: Tenochtitlan and the ceremonial capital” route

    One city corner shows how armed victors removed and restored a president's name.

  18. Plaza Hidalgo and the Templo de San Juan Bautista: story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    The history of the land beneath the monastery brings together the conquest, the baptism of a local ruler, and later memory of independence.

  19. Plaza Santa Catarina and Capilla de Santa Catarina: story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    The façade shows how an open chapel became part of a later enclosed church.

  20. Templo Mayor: story on the “Downtown Mexico City: Tenochtitlan and the ceremonial capital” route

    A discovery beneath the street brings the Tenochtitlan layer back into the route and explains how the main temple was arranged.

  21. Viveros de Coyoacán: story on the “Coyoacán: the old center from Viveros de Coyoacán to Casa Azul” route

    Here you will understand why a public nursery grew out of a private plot and survived political pressure.

  22. Zócalo: story on the “Downtown Mexico City: Tenochtitlan and the ceremonial capital” route

    The square will set the route's theme: the ceremonial center arose after the removal of what stood in the way of the new state symbol.

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