Culture: Mexico City
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Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 La Quinceañera | Celebrates the coming-of-age of a fifteen year-old girl |
| El Zócalo | The main plaza in Mexico City |
| La Catedral Metropolitana | Made in 1572, dominates el Zócalo |
| El Palacio Nacional | Before Hernán Cortés came, this was the government building of the country |
| El Museo National de Antropología | Museum of Anthropology |
| La Bacílica de Guadalupe | The cathedral of Mexico's patron saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| El Ciduidad de México | The capital of Mexico. |
| La gran Tenochtitlan | A famous mural by Diego Rivera |
| El caballero águila | An figurine representing the Aztecs |
| La Fiesta de Guadalupana | On December 12, millions of people celebrate la Virgen de Guadalupe |
| La Fiera de los Flores | An annual "floating garden" |
| La Indepecndencia | The people gather in el Zócalo to celebrate the day Mexico gained its independence |
| El Ángel | A monument built in 1910 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's independence |
| Tláloc | The Aztec god of water, rain, and agriculture |
| La Piedra del Sol | Discovered in 1790 in el Templo Meyor |
| El Centro de la Ciudad | Where the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs' buildings and pyramids and built houses and public buildings |
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