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Tlatelolco Square, MEXICO CITY (& 2): THE PLAZA OF THREE CULTURES

After seeing two dramatic events in the history of Mexico City, now make a visit to the Plaza de Tlatelolco current or Plaza of the Three Cultures. A large plaza is difficult to take a simple glance. Three cultures can be seen: the Aztec Indian (archaeological remains), the English colonial (Franciscan church of Santiago) and Mexico today mestizo (the building blocks of the Ministry of External Relations), the result of those English who were slaves intermarried with the Aztecs of yesteryear.

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Great Temple.

A great temple, the remains of houses, etc., show the importance that this archaeological Aztec. They can appreciate the steps that are repeated throughout the country, those stairs witness to those unfortunates who rolled with the open chest and heartless.

One of the internal streets within the reservoir.

relatively conserved internal streets, with great styling of the masonry walls and parapets as observation points.

After visiting the remains will reach the temple of Santiago. It is very monumental, but it has great historical value. Within its walls Fray Bernardino de Sahagun wrote his History Things of New Spain, reference manual for any researcher prehispanic and colonial history of the country. Beside it was the convent, although government exclaustrated Juarez in their reform laws, similar to our minister Confiscation Mendizabal.

Church of Santiago.

At his feet the ruins.

Behind the modern blocks.

convent cloisters.

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The work of the Franciscan friar is seen as the beginning of anthropology. He devoted himself to collecting information of traditions, religion, culture and other aspects of Indian life. Its source was the oral histories that had the Indians to their service. Rome sent a copy to Fray Bernardino. Now housed in Florence, hence its other name: Florentine Codex.

Fray Bernardino de Sahagun.

born this religious Sahagún de Campos and, after studying in Salamanca and become a cleric of the Franciscan order, he emigrated to America. There was a handful of Franciscan monks had the commitment to evangelization that newly conquered Aztec empire. It was very long-lived, no less than 91 years lived between 1499 and 1590, and died in Mexico City.

A place east of Tlatelolco very nice for lovers of archeology and history in general. It is situated in a somewhat degraded, northwest of the orthogonal grid, this set of blocks from the old colonial campus and Heritage, Northern Off-Axis. Something also to the north of the Plaza de Garibaldi and near the end of the monumental and grand Paseo de la Reforma. It comes at the metro line 3, five central stations of the Zocalo.