Mexico City for beginners

A view from the Sears building of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

A guard patrols the National Palace in Mexico City.

A view of the Metropolitan Cathedral and Constitution Plaza in Mexico City.

View of the building of the Museo Nacional de Antropologia (National Museum of Anthropology). It was built in 1964 and designed to harbor and display the archaeological heritage of the peoples of Mesoamerica.

A man walks by the Casa de los Azulejos in Mexico City.

A view of Sanborn’s in the Casa de los Azulejos in Mexico City.

View of the soumaya museum, an iconic building , landmark of mexico city, Mexico.

A view outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City..

A visitor takes pictures inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.

Children pray inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.

The Templo Mayor was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlán, which is now in Mexico City.

Detail of the skull rack or Tzompantli from the site of Templo Mayor.

A street performer dressed as an Aztec performs in Zocalo in Mexico City.

A man walks by the Casa de los Azulejos in Mexico City. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

A woman walks by a huge mural painted by famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera inside the National Palace in Mexico City.

Visitors wait to enter the Frida House in Mexico City.

A visitor is reflected in a mirror as she takes photos inside the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City.

A band plays along Cinco de Mayo Avenue in Mexcio City..

A man views the interior of the Palacio Postal, a century-old post office in Mexico City.

Trajinera or punt on the canals and floating gardens of Xochimilco Mexico City.

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Trajinera on the canals and floating gardens of Xochimilco in Mexico City.

Mariachi players perform at Plaza Girabaldi in Mexico City.

A mariachi accordionist performs at Plaza Girabaldi in Mexico City.

One of the many statues of a mariachi player at Plaza Girabaldi in Mexico City.

A visitor casts a shadow on a mural painted by Diego Rivera inside the Education Department building in Mexcio City.

A group of young people poke their heads out of a limo as hey drive along Cinco de Mayo Avenue in Mexico City.

Pedestrians walk along Madero Avenue in Mexico City.

Mercado Roma food hall in Mexico City.