Mexico City
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Things to do in Mexico City

Mexico City (Spanish: México, Ciudad de México or CDMX) is the capital of the Mexican Republic, the most populous city in the country, and one of the most important financial and cultural centers of the American continent. The city center is built on the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, and later came to be the capital of New Spain, which included much of North America. The city grew fast in the 20th century, and today is North America's largest city (and the world's largest Spanish-speaking city) with 9.2 million inhabitants in the city proper, and 22 million in the urban area (in 2020).

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  1. Museo Nacional de Antropología

    Photo: kornemuz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  2. Palacio de Bellas Artes

    Photo: Octavio Alonso Maya Castro · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  3. Palacio Nacional

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  4. Templo Mayor

    Templo Mayor

    attraction

    Photo: GAED · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  5. Plaza de la Constitución

    Photo: Gobierno CDMX · CC0 · source

  6. Museo Soumaya

    Museo Soumaya

    attraction

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  7. Castillo de Chapultepec y Museo Nacional de Historia (MNH)

    Photo: Own work · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  8. Monumento a la Independencia

    Photo: Carlos Valenzuela · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  9. Torre Mayor

    Torre Mayor

    attraction

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  10. Estadio Ciudad de los Deportivos

    Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY 4.0 · source

  11. Biblioteca Vasconcelos

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  12. Cuicuilco Archaeological Zone

    Photo: Felipe huerta hdez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  13. Monumento a la Revolución

    Photo: Carlos Valenzuela · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  14. Volcan Xitle

    Volcan Xitle

    attraction

    Photo: Lee Siebert (Smithsonian Institution) · Public domain · source

  15. Plaza de Toros

    Plaza de Toros

    attraction

    Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  16. Six Flags Mexico City

    Photo: Kintanarrey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  17. Monumento a Cuauhtémoc

    Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  18. Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli

    Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  19. Museo Franz Mayer

    Photo: Thelmadatter · Public domain · source

  20. Parque Nacional Cumbres del Ajusco

    Photo: Ricraider · CC0 · source

  21. Museo de la Ciudad de México

    Photo: VivianaMartinez1984 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  22. Teatro de la Ciudad

    Photo: Arturo de Albornoz · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

  23. Zoologico de Chapultepec

    Photo: Nonbeach · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  24. Museo de San Ildefonso

    Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY 4.0 · source

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  1. Viveros de Coyoacán National Park

    Photo: Thelmadatter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  2. Alameda de Santa María la Ribera

    Photo: Tyrv · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  3. Museo Rufino Tamayo

    Photo: José Luiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  4. Nacional Monte de Piedad

    Photo: Thelmadatter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  5. Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros

    Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  6. Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América

    Photo: Thelmadatter · Public domain · source

  7. Fuente de la Diana Cazadora

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  8. Museo Memoria y Tolerancia

    Photo: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  9. Museo Universitario del Chopo

    Photo: Luis Alvaz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  10. Parque España

    Parque España

    attraction

    Photo: Equipo 9mkt · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  11. Xochimilco Cathedral

    Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  12. Museo José Luis Cuevas

    Photo: Thelmadatter · Public domain · source

  13. Museo Nacional de Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo

    Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  14. Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo

    Photo: Luisalvaz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  15. Parque México

    Parque México

    attraction

    Photo: Lorena Chavira Alvarez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  16. Zona Arquelógica Tlatelolco

    Photo: TlatelolcoTV · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  17. Parque Hundido

    Parque Hundido

    attraction

    Photo: Andrés Tonini · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  18. Plaza Manuel Tolsá

    Photo: Ludan68 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  19. Plaza de Santo Domingo

    Photo: Omarem · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  20. Capilla San Lorenzo Martír

    Photo: StellarD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  21. Museo Mural Diego Rivera

    Photo: Kgv88 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  22. Museo de la Luz

    Museo de la Luz

    attraction

    Photo: Museo de la Luz - UNAM · Public domain · source

  23. Plaza Manuel Gamio

    Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  24. Biblioteca Miguel Lerdo de Tejada

    Photo: Ismael Villafranco · CC BY 2.0 · source

  25. Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco

    Photo: Coleccion.blaisten · Public domain · source

  26. Centro de la Imagen

    Photo: Difusión Centro de la Imagen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  27. Museo Vivo del Muralismo

    Photo: Thelmadatter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  28. Museo de Historia Natural y Cultura Ambiental

    Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  29. Ruinas en Mixcoac

    Photo: José Luiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

  30. Templo de la Enseñanza

    Photo: Thelmadatter · Public domain · source

  31. Museo del Calzado El Borceguí

    Photo: Baezadany · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  32. Frida Kahlo Museum

    Frida Kahlo Museum

    Museo "Frida Kahlo" · 247 Londres, Mexico · step-free

    Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Nachtwächter assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  33. Museo Casa de León Trotsky

    Museo Casa de León Trotsky

    museum · 45 Avenida Río Churubusco, Ciudad de México · step-free

    Photo: Tonatiuh101 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  34. Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares

    Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  35. Museo del Cine

    Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

  36. Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos

    Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos

    museum · 402 Avenida Municipio Libre, 09440, CDMX · free to visit

    Free

    Photo: France N. Roseau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

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