The National Palace (Mexico City)
The government building is located on the east side of the Zocalo. It is said to have been built on the grounds where Montezuma's palace had stood.
Every year September 15th at midnight the President of Mexico rings the bell from the balcony of the National Palace and shouts "Viva Mexico"
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| The square |
The Metropolitan Cathedral (Cathedral Metropolitan) is the oldest and largest cathedral in all Latin America. When Spanish missionaries converted the Aztec in the 16th century, they tore down all the temples and used the stones to construct churches on the site. This Cathedral was built in 1567 and finished in 1788.The credit of preserving these goes to Mexico.
