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205 relations: Administrative divisions of Mexico, Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Adolfo Gilly, Altepetl, Amaranth, Anahuacalli Museum, Anillo Periférico, Arlington County, Virginia, Atole, Atrium (architecture), Aurora Reyes Flores, Aztec Empire, Aztecs, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Baroque, Barrios Mágicos, Battle of Churubusco, Beatification, Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Benjamin Travers, Bohemianism, Borough, Boroughs of Mexico City, Bronze, Calexico (band), Camillians, Cantina, Cantinflas, Capilla abierta, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Carmelites, Carol I of Romania, Central Library (UNAM), Central Time Zone, Charles IV of Spain, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Clásico Capitalino, Clifden, Club América, Club Universidad Nacional, Colegio Nuevo México, Colegio Olinca, Colonia Roma, Concheros, Constitution of Mexico, Cornice, Coyote, Cuauhtémoc, Cuernavaca, Cupola, ... Expand index (155 more) »
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Administrative divisions of Mexico
The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic composed of 32 federal entities: 31 states and Mexico City, an autonomous entity.
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Adolfo Aguilar Zínser
Adolfo Aguilar Zínser (–) was a Mexican scholar, diplomat and politician who served as a National Security Advisor to President Vicente Fox and as a UN Security Council Ambassador in the midst of the US invasion of Iraq.
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Adolfo Gilly
Adolfo Atilio Gilly Malvagni (25 August 1928 – 4 July 2023) was an Argentine-born Mexican historian and author of various books on the history of and politics of Mexico and Latin America.
Altepetl
The altepetl (āltepētl, plural altepeme or altepemeh) was the local, ethnically-based political entity, usually translated into English as "city-state", of pre-Columbian Nahuatl-speaking societiesSmith 1997 p. 37 in the Americas.
Amaranth
Amaranthus is a cosmopolitan group of more than 50 species which make up the genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths.
Anahuacalli Museum
The Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum is a museum and arts center in Mexico City, located in the San Pablo de Tepetlapa neighborhood of Coyoacán, 10 minutes by car from the Frida Kahlo Museum, as well as from the tourist neighborhood of this district.
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Anillo Periférico
The Anillo Periférico known by locals as el periférico (Spanish for peripheral ring) is the outer beltway of Mexico City.
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Arlington County, Virginia
Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Atole
Atole (believed to come from Nahuatl ātōlli or from Mayan), also known as atolli, atol and atol de elote, is a traditional hot masa-based beverage of Mexican origin.
Atrium (architecture)
In architecture, an atrium (atria or atriums) is a large open-air or skylight-covered space surrounded by a building.
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Aurora Reyes Flores
Aurora Reyes Flores (born in Hidalgo del Parral, September 9, 1908 – Mexico City, April 26, 1985) was a Mexican artist, known as a painter and writer, and she was the first female muralist in Mexico and first exponent of Mexican muralism.
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Aztec Empire
The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance (Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥) was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: italic, italic, and italic.
Aztecs
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.
Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City
Álvaro Obregón is a borough (demarcación territorial) in the Mexico City. Coyoacán and Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City are boroughs of Mexico City.
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Baroque
The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.
Barrios Mágicos
The Barrios Mágicos are twenty-one areas in Mexico City highlighted by the city government to attract tourism; the program is sponsored by the city government and is patterned after the "Pueblos Mágicos" (Magical Towns) program of the Mexican federal government.
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Battle of Churubusco
The Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, while Santa Anna's army was in retreat from the Battle of Contreras or Battle of Padierna during the Mexican–American War.
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Beatification
Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name.
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Benito Juárez, Mexico City
Benito Juárez, is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. Coyoacán and Benito Juárez, Mexico City are boroughs of Mexico City.
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Benjamin Travers
Benjamin Travers, FRS (3 April 1783 – 6 March 1858) was a British surgeon, known for his expertise in the physiology and morbidity of the eye.
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Bohemianism
Bohemianism is a social and cultural movement that has, at its core, a way of life away from society's conventional norms and expectations.
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.
Boroughs of Mexico City
Mexico City is divided into 16 boroughs, officially designated as demarcaciones territoriales or colloquially known as alcaldías in Spanish.
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Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
Calexico (band)
Calexico is an American indie rock band based in Tucson, Arizona.
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Camillians
The Camillians or Clerics Regular, Ministers to the Sick (Clerci Regulari Ministeri Infirmaribus) are a Catholic religious order founded in 1582 by St.
Cantina
A cantina is a type of bar common in Latin America and Spain.
Cantinflas
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas, was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
Capilla abierta
A capilla abierta ('open chapel') is considered to be one of the most distinct Mexican construction forms.
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Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 3 April 1948) is a Mexican economist and politician with Spanish citizenship who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994.
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Carmelites
The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Roman Catholic Church for both men and women.
Carol I of Romania
Carol I or Charles I of Romania (born Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 20 April 1839 –), was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914.
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Central Library (UNAM)
Central Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is the main library in the Campus.
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Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.
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Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV (Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego de Borbón y Sajonia; 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819) was King of Spain and ruler of the Spanish Empire from 1788 to 1808.
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Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City
(University City) is the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), located in Coyoacán borough in the southern part of Mexico City.
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Clásico Capitalino
El Clasico Capitalino (Capital derby), refers to football matches between América and UNAM, both from Mexico City.
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Clifden
Clifden (meaning "stepping stones") is a coastal town in County Galway, Ireland, in the region of Connemara, located on the Owenglin River where it flows into Clifden Bay.
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City.
Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., more commonly referred to as Pumas UNAM, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Colegio Nuevo México
Grupo Educaativo. is an organization that operates private schools in the Mexico City metropolitan area.
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Colegio Olinca
Instituto Educativo Olinca, S.C., operating as the Colegio Olinca ("Olinca School"), is a private school system in Mexico.
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Colonia Roma
Colonia Roma, also called La Roma or simply, Roma, is a district located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just west of the city's historic center.
Concheros
The Concheros dance, also known as the dance of the Chichimecas, Aztecas and Mexicas, is an important traditional dance and ceremony which has been performed in Mexico since early in the colonial period.
Constitution of Mexico
The current Constitution of Mexico, formally the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), was drafted in Santiago de Querétaro, in the State of Querétaro, Mexico, by a constituent convention during the Mexican Revolution.
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Cornice
In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.
Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc, also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor.
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (Cuauhnāhuac, "near the woods", Otomi) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico.
Cupola
In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique.
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David E. Twiggs
David Emanuel Twiggs (February 14, 1790 – July 15, 1862) was an American career army officer, who served during the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and Mexican–American War.
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Deforestation
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
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Diana Bracho
Diana Bracho (born Diana Guadalupe Bracho y Bordes Mangel; 12 December 1944) is a Mexican actress.
Diego de Ordaz
Diego de Ordaz, also Diego de Ordás (1480 in Castroverde de Campos, Zamora province, Spain – 1532 on the Atlantic), was a Spanish explorer and soldier.
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Diego Luna
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer.
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter.
Dolores del Río
María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río, was a Mexican actress.
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Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.
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Edge of the Sun
Edge of the Sun is the eighth studio album by indie rock band Calexico.
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El Soberano
El Soberano or Soberano Jr. (born August 12, 1993 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character.
Emilio Fernández
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (26 March 1904 – 6 August 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter.
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Enrique del Moral
Enrique del Moral Dominguez (21 January 1905 – 11 June 1987) was a Mexican architect and an exponent of the functionalism movement, a modernist group that included Mexican artists and architects such as José Villagrán Garcia, Carlos Obregón Santacilia, Juan O'Gorman, Eugenio Peschard, Juan Legarreta, Carlos Tarditti, Enrique de la Mora and Enrique Yanez.
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Escuela Mier y Pesado
The Escuela Mier y Pesado is a school in Coyoacán, Mexico City operated by the Fundación Mier y Pesado, IAP.
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Escuela Nacional Preparatoria
The Escuela Nacional Preparatoria (National Preparatory High School) (ENP), the oldest senior High School system in Mexico, belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), opened its doors on February 1, 1868.
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Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 6 "Antonio Caso"
The National Preparatory School #6 "Antonio Caso" (ENP 6), also known as "Escuela Preparatoria de Coyoacán" (Preparatory School of Coyoacan) belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), began operations in 1959.
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Esquites
Esquites (or ezquites) (troles and trolelotes in Northeast Mexico, chasca in Aguascalientes, vasolote in Michoacán, etc.) also known as elote en vaso (corn in a cup), also served in the Southwestern USA is a Mexican snack or antojito.
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca is a football stadium located in Coyoacán, Mexico City.
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Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a multi-purpose stadium located inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City.
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Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857
The Political Constitution of the Mexican Republic of 1857 (Constitución Política de la República Mexicana de 1857), often called simply the Constitution of 1857, was the liberal constitution promulgated in 1857 by Constituent Congress of Mexico during the presidency of Ignacio Comonfort.
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FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
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Franciscans
The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.
Francisco I. Madero
Francisco Ignacio Madero González (30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in February 1913 and assassinated.
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Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Frida Kahlo Museum
The Frida Kahlo Museum (Spanish: Museo Frida Kahlo), also known as the Blue House (La Casa Azul for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
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Glyph
A glyph is any kind of purposeful mark.
Greg Kinnear
Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor and former talk show host.
Grupo Financiero Banamex
Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. de C.V. has its origins and is the owner of the Banco Nacional de México or Citibanamex (formerly Banamex).
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Hennessy
Jas Hennessy & Cie., commonly known simply as Hennessy, is a French producer of cognac, which has its headquarters in Cognac, France.
Henry Lane Wilson
Henry Lane Wilson (November 3, 1857 – December 22, 1932) was an American attorney, journalist, and diplomat who served successively as United States Minister to Chile (1897–1904), Minister to Belgium (1905–09), and Ambassador to Mexico (1909–13).
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Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
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Historic center of Mexico City
The historic center of Mexico City (Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central.
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Holy Week
Holy Week (lit) is the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity.
Huītzilōpōchtli
Huitzilopochtli (Huītzilōpōchtli) is the solar and war deity of sacrifice in Aztec religion.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Instituto de Educación Media Superior de la Ciudad de México
The Instituto de Educación Media Superior de la Ciudad de México (IEMS-CDMX or IEMS "High School Education Institute of Mexico City") is the public preparatoria education system of Mexico City.
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Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH, National Institute of Anthropology and History) is a Mexican federal government bureau established in 1939 to guarantee the research, preservation, protection, and promotion of the prehistoric, archaeological, anthropological, historical, and paleontological heritage of Mexico.
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional
The National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional), abbreviated IPN, is one of the largest public universities in Mexico with 171,581 students at the high school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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Iztapalapa
Iztapalapa is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City, located on the eastern side of the city. Coyoacán and Iztapalapa are boroughs of Mexico City.
Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (January 22, 1928 – November 27, 1983) was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular and critical success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: The Dead Girls, Two Crimes, and The Lightning of August.
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José Enrique Rodó
José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro (15 July 1871 – 1 May 1917) was a Uruguayan essayist.
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José María Velasco Gómez
José María Tranquilino Francisco de Jesús Velasco Gómez Obregón, generally known as José María Velasco, (Temascalcingo, 6 July 1840Estado de México, 26 August 1912) was a 19th-century Mexican polymath, most famous as a painter who made Mexican geography a symbol of national identity through his paintings.
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José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959), called the "cultural caudillo" of the Mexican Revolution, was an important Mexican writer, philosopher, and politician.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
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Juan de Guzmán
Don Juan de Guzmán Itztolinqui (reigned 1526–1569Gibson (1960): p. 186) was a post-Conquest tlatoani (ruler) of the altepetl (ethnic state) of Coyoacán in the Valley of Mexico.
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Juan Martínez Gutiérrez
Juan Tomás Martínez Gutiérrez, also known as Juan Martínez (Bilbao, Spain, February 8, 1901 - Santiago, Chile, January 31, 1976) was a Chilean architect awarded the inaugural National Architecture Prize in 1969.
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Juan O'Gorman
Juan O'Gorman (6 July 1905 – 17 January 1982) was a Mexican painter and architect.
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Kiosk
Historically, a kiosk was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward.
La Malinche
Marina or Malintzin (1500 – 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche, a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
Lake Texcoco
Lake Texcoco (Lago de Texcoco; Tetzco(h)co) was a natural lake within the Anahuac or Valley of Mexico.
Lake Xochimilco
Lake Xochimilco (Xōchimīlco) is an ancient endorheic lake, located in the present-day Borough of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City.
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Las Mañanitas
"Las Mañanitas" is a traditional Mexican birthday song written by Mexican composer Alfonso Esparza Oteo.
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Laura Esquivel
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés (born September 30, 1950) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician, serving in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress in the Chamber of Deputies for the Morena Party from 2015 to 2018.
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Leon Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein (– 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist.
Leon Trotsky House Museum
The Leon Trotsky House Museum, Trotsky Museum, or Trotsky House Museum, (Museo Casa de León Trotsky) is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the Coyoacán neighborhood of Mexico City.
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Lexico
Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
Lila Downs
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born 9 September 1968.
List of neighborhoods in Mexico City
In Mexico, the neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas are known as colonias.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Lucha libre
Lucha libre (meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.
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Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain.
Luis Enrique Erro
Luis Enrique Erro Soler (7 January 1897 – 18 January 1955) was a Mexican astronomer, politician, and educational reformer.
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Lycée Franco-Mexicain
The Liceo Franco Mexicano A.C. or the Lycée Franco-Mexicain is a private French school with three campuses.
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Manta ray
Manta rays are large rays belonging to the genus Mobula (formerly its own genus Manta).
Marcela Del Río Reyes
Marcela Yolanda Del Río y Reyes (born 30 May 1932) is an intellectual, professor, journalist, diplomat and writer.
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Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
Mario Pani
Mario Pani Darqui (March 29, 1911 – February 23, 1993) was a Mexican architect and urbanist.
Martell (cognac)
Martell is a cognac house founded in 1715 by Jean Martell.
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Maxtla
Maxtla (Nahuatl pronunciation: maštɬa) was a Tepanec ruler (tlatoani) of Azcapotzalco from 1426 to his death in 1428.
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920.
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Mexican War of Independence
The Mexican War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia de México, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire.
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Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
Mexico national football team
The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation.
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Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (September 27, 1862 – July 15, 1946) was a Mexican architect, engineer, and environmentalist who founded Mexico City's Viveros de Coyoacán arboretum, as well as numerous other construction projects in Mexico City, and throughout the country, and promoted the conservation of Mexico's forests.
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Miguel de la Madrid
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (12 December 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo, was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation.
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Miguel Moreno Arreola
Miguel Moreno Arreola (1921–2005) was a Mexican military pilot.
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Mixcoac
Mixcoac is an area of southern Mexico City which used to be a separate town and municipality within the Mexican Federal District until it was made part of Mexico City proper (the Departamento Central at the time) in 1928.
Modern American School (Mexico)
Modern American School (MAS; Escuela Moderna Americana, S.C.) is a private, co-educational day school in, Coyoacán, Mexico City.
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Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities (municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative divisions of Mexico, where the first-level administrative division is the state (estado).
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Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares
Museo Nacional de las Culturas Populares (National Museum of Popular Cultures) is a museum in Mexico City dedicated to Mexico's ethnic and cultural diversity.
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Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones
The Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones (National Museum of the Interventions) is located in the former Monastery of San Diego Churubusco, which was built on top of an Aztec shrine.
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Nahuatl
Nahuatl, Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN) is a conservative political party in Mexico founded in 1939.
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National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM), is a public research university in Mexico.
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New Spain
New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain.
Nuevo León
Nuevo León (English: New León), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León) is a state in northeastern Mexico.
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat.
Othello
Othello (full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, around 1603.
Otomi language
Otomi is an Oto-Pamean language spoken by approximately 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central ''altiplano'' region of Mexico.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Palacio de Bellas Artes
The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City.
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Parque Xicoténcatl
Parque Xicoténcatl is a public park in the Churubusco neighborhood of Coyoacán, Mexico City.
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Passion Play
The Passion Play or Easter pageant is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death.
Paul Klee
Paul Klee (18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist.
Pánuco River
The Pánuco River (Río Pánuco), also known as the Río de Canoas, is a river in Mexico fed by several tributaries including the Moctezuma River and emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485 – 4 July 1541) was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala.
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Pedro María de Anaya
Pedro Bernardino María de Anaya y Álvarez (20 May 1794 – 21 March 1854) was a Mexican soldier who served twice as interim president of Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
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Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (April 16, 1919 – April 16, 2013).
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Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer.
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Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as simply Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general, politician, and later dictator who served on three separate occasions as President of Mexico, a total of over 30 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 December 1876, 17 February 1877 to 1 December 1880, and 1 December 1884 to 25 May 1911.
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Pozole
Pozole (from pozolli, meaning cacahuazintle, a variety of corn or maize) is a traditional soup or stew from Mexican cuisine.
Pre-Columbian era
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492.
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Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.
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Project for Public Spaces
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization based in New York dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities, in an effort often termed placemaking.
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Pulque
Pulque (metoctli), occasionally known as octli or agave wine, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant.
Quesadilla
A quesadilla (Mexican diminutive of quesada) is a Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla that is filled primarily with cheese, and sometimes meats, spices, and other fillings, and then cooked on a griddle or stove.
Quetzalcōātl
Quetzalcoatl (Nahuatl: "Feathered Serpent") is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind, Venus, Sun, merchants, arts, crafts, knowledge, and learning. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood. He was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon, along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli.
Ramón López Velarde
Ramón López Velarde (June 15, 1888 – June 19, 1921) was a Mexican poet.
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Ramón Mercader
Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río (Jaume Ramon Mercader del Río; 7 February 1913 – 18 October 1978)Photograph of was a Spanish communist and NKVD secret agent who assassinated the revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in August 1940.
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Ricardo Flores Magón
Cipriano Ricardo Flores Magón (known as Ricardo Flores Magón; September 16, 1874 – November 21, 1922) was a Mexican anarchist and social reform activist.
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Saint Patrick's Battalion
The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Batallón de San Patricio), later reorganized as the Foreign Legion of Patricios, was a Mexican Army unit which fought against the United States in the Mexican–American War.
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Salvador Díaz Mirón
Salvador Díaz Mirón (December 14, 1853 – June 12, 1928) was a Mexican poet.
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Salvador Novo
Salvador Novo López (July 30, 1904 – January 13, 1974) was a Mexican writer, poet, playwright, translator, television presenter, entrepreneur, and the official chronicler of Mexico City.
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San Ángel
San Ángel is a colonia (neighborhood) located in the southwest of Mexico City in Álvaro Obregón borough.
San Pedro Garza García
San Pedro Garza García (also known as San Pedro) is a city-municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León and part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.
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Santa Úrsula, Mexico City
Santa Ursula (Spanish: Santa Úrsula) is a large, lower class suburb in Coyoacan, Mexico City.
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Sawdust carpet
Sawdust carpets (tapetes de aserrín) are one or more layers of colored sawdust, and sometimes other additional materials, laid on the ground as decoration.
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Second French intervention in Mexico
The second French intervention in Mexico (segunda intervención francesa en México), also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867), was a military invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the French Empire of Napoleon III, purportedly to force the collection of Mexican debts in conjunction with Great Britain and Spain.
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Sergio Pitol
Sergio Pitol Deméneghi (18 March 1933 – 12 April 2018) was a Mexican writer, translator and diplomat.
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Sope (food)
A sope is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a fried masa base with savory toppings.
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was a pivotal event in the history of the Americas, marked by the collision of the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Spanish Empire, ultimately reshaping the course of human history.
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State of Mexico
The State of Mexico (Estado de México), officially just Mexico (México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States.
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Tacuba, Mexico City
Tacuba is a section of northwest Mexico City.
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Tacubaya
Tacubaya is a working-class area of west-central Mexico City, in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo, consisting of the colonia Tacubaya proper and adjacent areas in other colonias, with San Miguel Chapultepec sección II, Observatorio, Daniel Garza and Ampliación Daniel Garza being also considered part of Tacubaya.
Tamale
A tamale, in Spanish, is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaves.
Tecollotzin
Tecollotzin was a Tlatoque (ruler) of Coyoacán altepetl in 15th century Mexico.
Tenochtitlan
italic, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. Coyoacán and Tenochtitlan are altepetl.
Tepanec
The Tepanecs or Tepaneca are a Mesoamerican people who arrived in the Valley of Mexico in the late 12th or early 13th centuries.
Tianguis
A tianguis is an open-air market or bazaar that is traditionally held on certain market days in a town or city neighborhood in Mexico and Central America.
Tlalpan
Tlalpan (place on the earth) is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. Coyoacán and Tlalpan are boroughs of Mexico City.
Torta
Torta is a culinary term that can, depending on the cuisine, refer to cakes, pies, flatbreads, sandwiches, or omelettes.
Tostada (tortilla)
Tostada is the name given to various dishes in Mexico and Guatemala which include a toasted tortilla as the main base of their preparation.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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Universum (UNAM)
Universum (full name "Universum, el Museo de las Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México", which translates to "Universum, the Science Museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico") is Mexico's primary museum dedicated to promoting science and technology to the public as well as support the university's science missions.
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Valley of Mexico
The Valley of Mexico (Valle de México; lit), sometimes also called Basin of Mexico, is a highlands plateau in central Mexico.
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Venustiano Carranza
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican land owner and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1917 until his assassination in 1920, during the Mexican Revolution.
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Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer and statesman who became the nation's second president.
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Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (23 December 1850 – 13 January 1916) was a general in the Mexican Federal Army and 39th President of Mexico, who came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of Francisco I. Madero with the aid of other Mexican generals and the U.S.
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Viveros de Coyoacán
Viveros de Coyoacán is a combination tree nursery and public park which covers 38.9 hectares in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City.
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Votive paintings of Mexico
Votive paintings in Mexico go by several names in Spanish such as “ex voto,” “retablo” or “lámina,” which refer to their purpose, place often found, or material from which they are traditionally made respectively.
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Wojciech Cejrowski
Wojciech Daniel Cejrowski (born 27 June 1964 in Elbląg) is a Polish radio journalist, satirist, photographer, traveller, author of books and press publications, artistic director of the Discover World library, member of The Explorers Club.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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Xitle
Xitle (Nahuatl, "navel") is a monogenetic volcano in the Ajusco range in Cumbres del Ajusco National Park.
Xochimilco
Xochimilco (Xōchimīlco) is a borough (demarcación territorial) of Mexico City. Coyoacán and Xochimilco are boroughs of Mexico City.
Zócalo
Zócalo is the common name of the main square in central Mexico City.
Zelia Nuttall
Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall (6 September 1857 – 12 April 1933) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in pre-Aztec Mexican cultures and pre-Columbian manuscripts.
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1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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1985 Mexico City earthquake
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
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See also
Altepetl
- Acozac
- Altepetl
- Azcapotzalco (altepetl)
- Colhuacan (altepetl)
- Coyoacán
- Cuzcatlan
- Ecatepec de Morelos
- Huitzilopochco
- Ocotelolco
- Otompan
- Quiahuiztlan
- Tenochtitlan
- Tepeticpac
- Tepetlaoztoc
- Tetzcoco (altepetl)
- Texcoco (altepetl)
- Tizatlan
- Tlacopan
- Tlatelolco (altepetl)
- Xaltocan
Boroughs of Mexico City
- Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City
- Azcapotzalco
- Benito Juárez, Mexico City
- Boroughs of Mexico City
- Coyoacán
- Cuajimalpa
- Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
- General Anaya (former administrative division)
- Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
- Iztacalco
- Iztapalapa
- Magdalena Contreras
- Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
- Milpa Alta
- Tláhuac
- Tlalpan
- Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
- Xochimilco
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