Originally the site of the great city of Tenochtitlan, what is now the Historical Center was, in the 16th Century, built over by the Spaniards, becoming a colonial center of trade and culture, and today it houses some 1421 monuments of both pre-hispanic and colonial origin. The Alameda - Public park and one of Mexico City's oldest. A refuge populated by bootblacks, balloon merchants, birds and those who want to rest their eyes from the surrounding concrete and traffic. Jos Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo. The Concert Hall gives presentations of the Ballet Folkl rico several times a week.
Tickets are available at the ticket office on the ground floor near the main entrance.
Inaugurated on October 12, 1987. On the corner of Rep blica de Venezuela and Rep blica de Brasil. Plaza de Santo Domingo - Diagonally across from the Palace of the Inquisition, along Rep blica de Brasil, the Plaza holds Museo de la Ciudad de M xico . Constructed in 1778, the building became Mexico City's museum in 1964 and contains wonderful exhibits and information on the settlement of the Valley of Mexico.