Centro

El Centro or Centro histórico is focused on the Zócalo or main plaza in Mexico City and extends in all directions for a number of blocks with its furthest extent be west to the Alameda Central The Zocalo is the largest plaza in Latin America and the second largest in the world after Moscow’s Red Square. It can hold up to nearly 100,000 people. This section of the city has just over nine square km and occupies 668 blocks. It contains 9,000 buildings, 1,550 of which have been declared of historical importance. Most of these historic buildings were constructed between the XVI and XX centuries. It is divided into two zones for preservation purposes. Zone A encompasses the prehispanic city and its expansion from the Viceroy period until...