Today was a Holiday in Mexico, for the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. The actual date is November 20, but they moved the Holiday to today. I took a guided City tour. Many of the places we went were places that Agustin had showed me earlier in the week, but it all made a little more sense to me this time.
After I returned from the tour I went to the Santa Fe Mall, which is fairly close to my hotel. It is the largest Mall in Mexico City and is very nice, with many of the top stores. Sak's, Tiffany's, and Luis Vitton are just a few of the many that are there.
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| Monument to Benito Juarez, President 5 times between 1858 and 1872, and who repelled the French and overthrew the Monarchy of Maximilian. |
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| Fine Arts Building. |
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| One of the alters in the Metropolitan Cathedral |
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| An organ in the cathedral. They have 2 the same size. |
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| The facade of the chapel attached to the Cathedral |
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| Metropolitan Cathedral |
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| The Presidential Palace |
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| The side of the Cathedral, teeming with people and street vendors. |
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| A model of the island that became Mexico City, at the height of the Aztec Empire. |
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| Lots of people out on the Holiday. |
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| This building house the Inquisition activities. |
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| I incorrectly identified this in an earlier post. It is the Plaza de las tres Culturas, which give recognition to the Indian, Colonial and modern cultures. It was on the site of these ruins that the last Aztec leader was captured, ending the Aztec Empire. |
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| The Angel of Independence, perched high atop her monument. The original angel fell during an earthquake in 1957 and was destroyed, and this is the replacement. She is made of bronze with gold leaf. |
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| A close-up of the Angel. |
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| The National Auditorium, which seats 12,000. |
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| Christmas decorations at Santa Fe Mall. |
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| A look down one of three floors of the mall. |
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| My lunch/dinner at Rincon de Santa Fe. The steak is a filet mignon. Who can eat this much? Not me. |
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| Another look at the mall. Very nice. |
