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The Mexico City administrative buildings are two buildings on the south side of the Zócalo in Mexico City divided by the avenue Avenida 20 de Noviembre. They house offices of the governing authority of Mexico City. The building to the west of 20 de Noviembre is the older one and has been the site of city administration since the Conquest.
Baroque. Location. Mexico City, Mexico. Construction started. 1522. The National Palace ( Spanish: Palacio Nacional) is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. Since 2018 it has also served as the official residence for the President of Mexico. It is located on Mexico City 's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución ( El Zócalo ).
Description. The modern Zócalo in Mexico City is 57,600 m 2 (240 m × 240 m). It is bordered by the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral to the north, the National Palace to the east, the Federal District buildings to the south and the Old Portal de Mercaderes to the west, the Nacional Monte de Piedad building at the northwest corner, with the Templo Mayor site to the northeast, just outside view.
The Palacio de Correos de México (Postal Palace of Mexico City), also known as the "Correo Mayor" (Main Post Office) is located in the historic center of Mexico City, on the Eje Central (Lázaro Cardenas) near the Palacio de Bellas Artes. [1] It was built in 1907, when the Post Office became a separate government entity.
History of Mexico City. Coordinates: 19°25′59.11″N 99°7′43.84″W. The symbol of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the central image on the Mexican flag since Mexican independence from Spain in 1821. The history of Mexico City stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 CE as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the ...
The historic center of Mexico City ( Spanish: 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. [2]
The politics pursued by the administrations of heads of government in Mexico City at the end of the 20th century have usually been more liberal than those of the rest of the country, whether with the support of the federal government, as was the case with the approval of several comprehensive environmental laws in the 1980s, or by laws that ...
Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, has over 2080 high-rise buildings (as of July 2022). [1] The list below indicates the tallest buildings in the city ranking from highest to lowest based on official heights. Currently, Torre Mitikah A is the city's tallest building, with a height of 267 metres (876 ft).