Historic Centre of Mexico City

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site historic district tourist attraction

The Historic Centre of Mexico City is a UNESCO-listed urban core renowned for its rich colonial architecture, pre-Hispanic and Spanish heritage, and role as the political and cultural heart of Mexico.

Aliases (20)

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → cultural heritage site → historic district → tourist attraction →
adjacentTo	Xochimilco →
contains	5 de Mayo Street → Alameda Central → Casa de los Azulejos → Church of Santo Domingo → Garibaldi Plaza → La Merced Market → Madero Street → Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven → Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral → National Palace → Palacio de Bellas Artes → Palacio de Correos de México → Palacio de Iturbide → Palacio de Minería → Plaza de la Constitución → San Ildefonso College → San Juan Market → Tacuba Street → Templo Mayor → Templo Mayor Museum → Torre Latinoamericana → Zócalo →
coordinateLocation	19.4326°N 99.1332°W →
country	Mexico →
dateInscribedOnUNESCOList	1987 →
governingBody	Government of Mexico City →
hasConservationProgram	Programa de Rescate del Centro Histórico →
hasFunction	administrative center → commercial center → religious center → tourism hub →
hasHeritage	19th-century architecture → 20th-century architecture → Republican-era architecture → Spanish colonial heritage → pre-Hispanic heritage →
hasUNESCOSerialComponent	Xochimilco →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
isCulturalCenterOf	Mexico →
isPoliticalCenterOf	Mexico →
locatedIn	Mexico City → Mexico City borough of Cuauhtémoc → Mexico City metropolitan area → Valley of Mexico →
mainSquare	Zócalo →
notableFor	civic buildings → colonial architecture → cultural institutions → pre-Hispanic archaeological remains → religious buildings →
officialName	Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México →
partOf	Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco World Heritage Site → Mexico City →
timeZone	Central Standard Time →
UNESCOCriteria	(ii) → (iii) → (iv) → (v) →
UNESCORegion	Latin America and the Caribbean →
UNESCOSubregion	Mesoamerica →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	412 →
wasBuiltOn	site of Tenochtitlan →
wasCapitalOf	Viceroyalty of New Spain →

Referenced by (82)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Church of Santo Domingo ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Hospital de Jesús Nazareno ("historic center of Mexico City") → La Lagunilla market ("historic center of Mexico City") → La Merced Market ("historic center of Mexico City") → Madero Street ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Museo Franz Mayer ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") → Museo Mural Diego Rivera ("historic center of Mexico City") → Museo Nacional de Arte ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Museo de Arte Popular ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") → Museo de la Ciudad de México ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") → Museo de la Ciudad de México ("Historic center of Mexico City") → Palacio de Bellas Artes ("historic center of Mexico City") → Palacio de Correos de México ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Palacio de Iturbide ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Paseo de la Reforma ("Mexico City historic center area") → San Ildefonso College ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → San Ildefonso College ("Mexico City historic center") → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation building ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Tacuba Street ("Mexico City historic center") → Zócalo ("Historic Center of Mexico City") →	locatedIn
Colonia Centro ("Mexico City historic center") → Constitution Square ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Historic Centre of Mexico City ("Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco World Heritage Site") → La Merced area (part) ("historic center of Mexico City") → Madero Street ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") → Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City ("Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco") → Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven ("Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco World Heritage Site") → Palacio de Bellas Artes ("Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco") → Palacio de Correos de México ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") → Palacio de Correos de México ("UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco") → Plaza de la Constitución ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Plaza de la Constitución ("UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco") → San Ildefonso College →	partOf
Cuauhtémoc ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") → Cuauhtémoc borough ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Distrito Federal ("Historic Center of Mexico City") →	contains
Colonia Algarín ("Mexico City Historic Center") → Colonia Doctores ("Mexico City historic center") → Colonia Morelos ("Mexico City historic center") → Colonia Tránsito ("Mexico City historic center") →	locatedNear
Colonia Guerrero ("Mexico City historic center") → Colonia Tabacalera ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") → Zócalo ("Templo Mayor archaeological site") →	adjacentTo
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe ("World Heritage Site buffer zone (as part of Mexico City historic area surroundings)") → Colonia Centro → Xochimilco ("World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco"") →	heritageDesignation
Constitution Square ("Mexico City Historic Center") → Mercado de San Juan ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Torre Latinoamericana ("Historic Center of Mexico City") →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Buenavista ("Mexico City historic center") → Metrobus Line 4 ("Mexico City Historic Center") →	connectsTo
Greater Mexico City metropolitan area ("Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco") → Mexico City →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Casa de los Azulejos ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Palacio de Minería ("Historic center of Mexico City") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven ("Historic Center of Mexico City") → Plaza de la Constitución ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") →	locatedInHistoricCenter
Palacio de Bellas Artes ("Avenida Juárez, Centro Histórico, Mexico City, Mexico") →	address
Mexica ("Historic Center of Mexico City") →	archaeologicalSite
Colonia Juárez ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") →	borderedBy
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ("Historic center of Mexico City") →	buildingLocation
Glorieta del Ángel ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") →	connectsWith
Cuauhtémoc ("Mexico City historic center") →	hasCapital
Cuauhtémoc borough ("UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Center of Mexico City and Xochimilco, partially)") →	hasHeritageDesignation
Colonia Centro ("UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco)") →	hasHeritageStatus
Chapultepec Hill ("Centro Histórico of Mexico City") →	hasPanoramicViewOf
Constitution Square ("Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco") →	heritageDesignationAppliesToPart
Madero Street ("UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Mexico City") →	isPartOf
La Lagunilla market ("Centro Histórico") →	locatedInDistrict
Constitution Square ("Centro Histórico") →	locatedInUrbanArea
Colonia Atlampa ("Mexico City historic center") →	locatedNorthOf
Colonia Obrera ("Mexico City historic center") →	locatedSouthOf
Templo Mayor ("historic center of Mexico City") →	modernAccess
Plaza de la Alameda Central ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") →	near
Museo de la Ciudad de México ("Centro Histórico") →	neighborhood
Historic Centre of Mexico City ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") →	officialName
Line 4 (Mexico City Metrobús) ("Mexico City Historic Center") →	serves
Paseo de la Reforma ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") →	terminus
Programa de Rescate del Centro Histórico ("Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México") →	tieneAlcance
Alameda Central ("Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco") →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSite