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  2. Mexico City, Mexico: Denomination: Catholic: Tradition: Roman Rite: Website: catedralmetropolitana.mx: History; Status: Cathedral: Dedication: Assumption of Mary: Consecrated: 2 February 1656: Architecture; Architect(s) Claudio de Arciniega Juan Gómez de Trasmonte José Eduardo de Herrera José Damián Ortiz de Castro Manuel Tolsá: Style ...

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · 24 March 2022. If you’ve visited Mexico City, you’ll be familiar with the imposing cathedral that dominates the vast central square known as the Zócalo. But where did it come from? And is it really sinking? Here’s a rapid history of the Catedral Metropolitana. Want to see the very best of Mexico City?

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  4. Aug 31, 2019 · The Metropolitan Cathedral is without a doubt one of the most important buildings in Mexico City’s historical center. Beyond its religious significance, it contains a summary of five centuries worth of Mexican art and architecture.

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  5. Jun 1, 2023 · Construction on the Metropolitan Cathedral started in 1573 with Spanish architect Claudio de Arciniega. It was completed in 1813, 240 years later, by Manuel Tolsá. The first stone is said to have been laid by Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire, who commissioned the cathedral.

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  6. In Mexico City: Cultural institutions. The Metropolitan Cathedral, built over a period of nearly 250 years (15731813) on the north side of the Zócalo, presents a mixture of three architectural styles predominant during the colonial period: Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical.

  7. Mexico City's Metropolitan Cathedral is built on land of a mystical origin. It was the crossroads of the four cardinal points, and the demarcation of the meeting points of the four original neighborhoods of ancient Tenochtitlan. It's thus the spiritual center of the Aztec capital. It's the first Cathedral to have been built in the Americas.

  8. Sep 2, 2005 · Cathedral in Zocalo Square (2005-09-02) by Adalberto Rios Szalay/Sexto Sol Getty Images. Mexico City was built on the site of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire. At the historic heart of...

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