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The front of Mexico City Cathedral

The Mexico City Cathedral is a huge and historic church located in the heart of Mexico City. Its full name is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City. It is one of the oldest and largest cathedrals in all of the Americas. Building this amazing church took a very long time, from 1573 to 1813. It was built on the site of an earlier church, which was put up soon after the Spanish took over the ancient city of Tenochtitlán. The new cathedral eventually replaced that first church completely.

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  • Mexico Dic 06 045 1

    The cathedral, as seen from Madero street

  • Catedral Metropolitana, México D.F., México, 2013-10-16, DD 79

    Main entrance

  • Mexico City, Metropolitan Cathedral, Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield

    The cathedral in the 1940s

  • MainPortalCathedralDF

    Main portal with view of clock

  • Mexico City Cathedral bell tower

    The west bell tower

  • EntranceSagrariumDF

    Tabernacle's southern façade, opening out towards the Zócalo

  • MainAltarSagrariumDF

    Tabernacle's main altar

  • Catedral Metropolitana, México D.F., México, 2013-10-16, DD 84

    The Altar of Forgiveness

  • ChapelAgoniesGranadaDF

    Chapel of Our Lady of the Agonies of Granada

  • ChapelImmacConceptionDF

    Chapel of the Immaculate Conception

  • Nuestra Señora la Antigua

    Our Lady of Antigua

  • ChapelChristConquistadorsDF

    Chapel of Christ of the Reliquaries

  • 2013-12-22 El Señor del cacao anagoria

    Lord of the cacao beans

  • CloseUpSeñoraSoledadDF

    Image of Our Lady of Solitude

  • Señor del buen despacho

    The Lord of Good Dispatch

  • EXPRestos Agustin de Iturbide 27Sep2010 CatMetMex

    Liturgical celebration in honor of Emperor and General Agustín de Iturbide in the Metropolitan Cathedral on September 27, 2010, on occasion of celebrations of bicentennial of beginning of the Mexican War of Independence, his skeleton remnants was performed.

  • ArtifactsCathdralDF

    Bases and other artifacts from the foundation excavation on display in front of the Cathedral

  • Ciudad de México - Catedral 8515

    Petrified skull from Aztec tzompantli ruins added by the Spaniards

  • Cruz Metropolitana, Catedral de México, reintegración de cruces atriales, Arq. Ricardo Prado y Núñez.

    One of atrial crosses. There are Aztec skulls in its base.

  • Nebel Voyage 48 Plaza Mayor de Mexico

    Plaza Mayor de México (today Plaza del Zócalo), 1836

  • Nebel Mexican War 12 Scott in Mexico City

    General Scott's entrance into Mexico, 1851

  • Julio Michaud E Hijo c1860 n7 Cathedral

    View of the cathedral c. 1860

  • Julio Michaud E Hijo c1860 n6 Sagrario Cathedrale

    View of the Tabernacle c. 1860

  • Mexico DF Cathedral

    View of the choir grate

  • Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City Ovedc 05

    View of the side wall of the choir

  • Catedral Metropolitana, México D.F., México, 2013-10-16, DD 95

    Organ

  • Órgano de la Catedral Metropolitana

    View of the Spanish organ

  • Coro de la Catedral Metropolitana de Ciudad de México

    View of the Mexican organ

  • Catedral Metropolitana, México D.F., México, 2013-10-16, DD 99

    View of an organ case from outside the choir area

  • Criptacatedralmexico

    The crypt

  • Catedral y Sagrario Metropolitano 10

    Prehispanic stela

  • CRIPTAARZO

    A crypt

  • Catedral y Sagrario Metropolitano 13

    Zumárraga statue

  • Catedral y Sagrario Metropolitano 137

    Archbishops' niches

  • Jaén Cathedral

    View of the Jaén Cathedral.

  • Valladolid (España), Catedral. Proyecto ideal de Juan de Herrera, según Chueca-Goitia.

    Project of the Valladolid Cathedral.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México para niños

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