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The cathedral on the north side of the Zócalo, built in stages from 1573 to 1813 over part of the Mexica sacred precinct. Its facade mixes Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical work; inside are the gilded Altar of the Kings, sixteen chapels and two organs, and the adjoining Metropolitan Tabernacle.
A domed arch on Plaza de la República, built in 1933–38 from the steel frame of an unfinished legislative palace and dedicated to the Mexican Revolution. Its pillars hold the remains of revolutionary leaders; a glass lift rises to a viewing terrace under the dome, and the National Museum of the Revolution lies beneath.
The shrine at the foot of Tepeyac hill where, by tradition, the Virgin appeared to Juan Diego in 1531. The round basilica by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, consecrated in 1976, holds the cloak bearing her image; beside it stand the old basilica of 1709, chapels and a path up the hill.
An art museum founded by Carlos Slim and named after his late wife, in a building by Fernando Romero at Plaza Carso, opened in 2011 and clad in 16,000 hexagonal aluminium tiles. Six floors show Mexican and European art, from Old Masters to one of the largest collections of Rodin sculpture outside France.
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