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Mexico City Travel Guide

Greater Mexico City, sometimes considered the world's largest and most populated city, forms a rough oval of about 60 by 40 kilometers, on the dry bed of lake Texcoco, surrounded on three sides by tall mountains and volcanoes such as the Ajusco, the Popocatepetl and the Ixtlacihuatl.

About Mexico City

Mexico City covers an area of 571 sq. miles (1479 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 9 million people being the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city.

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Museo de la Estampa

m5.jpgLocated in the Plaza de la Santa Veracruz, in a nineteenth century building, the doors of this museum open to reveal the secrets of Mexican engravings - from pre-Hispanic mud seals to the modern torculus. There are some particularly interesting examples by graphic artist Jose Guadalupe Posada, an engraver from the early twentieth century, who captured the spirit of his age in his happy, dancing skeletons, exemplified by his famous engraving “La Calavera Catrina”. There are also works by David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco, two famous Mexican muralists. The Museo Nacional de la Estampa is a space characterised by the chronological, technical and thematic variety of exhibits on display.



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