Plaza de la Constitución

La Plaza de la Constitución, informally called El Zócalo, is the main square in Mexico City. Located in the historic center of Mexico City, it is one of the largest squares in the world. Plaza de la Constitución (and the area that surrounds it) has been the center of Mexico City since pre-Hispanic times, when the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan rose in what today is Seminario Street, at the right of the Metropolitan Cathedral and Sagrario. When the Spanish built Mexico City over the ruins of Tenochtitlan in the colonial era, all the streets were developed from the orientation of the Plaza Mayor. The old Plaza de Armas in Mexico City received the name of Plaza de la Constitución in 1812 to celebrate the promulgation of the Cadiz...