Mexico City - Coyoacán

Avenida División del Norte now enters Calzada Tlalpan, which leads to the famous Aztec Stadium (Estadio Azteca) which was built in 1968 for the 1968 Olympic Games and also hosted the Soccer World Cup Finals in 1970 and 1986. It has seating for 115,000 spectators.

The Coyoacán Municipal Hall was built in the 18th c. and is dedicated to Hernan Cortés.

Jardín Hidalgo together with Jardín del Centenario make up the center of Coyoacán. A bronze statue of Father Miguel Hidalgo, the Independence leader, stands in the garden.

The central square of Coyoacán was named to celebrate a hundred years of Mexican Independence. There is also a fountain which is Coyoacán's symbol.

In the autumn of 1994 the National Centre for the Arts opened on land formerly occupied by the Churubusco film studios. Designed by six leading Mexican architects, the Centre houses institutes and academies representing a variety of art forms.

Most of the paintings exhibited are by Alfredo Guati who was also the founder of the museum. A flower and sculpture garden is also on the premises.

At Hidalgo 289 is the National Museum of Popular Culture (Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares), in which (somewhat unusually for museums of this kind) the exhibits are more than just that - they make things come alive and bring the visitor into close contact with the living traditions of the various Mexican ethnic groups.

This plaza is named after the Capilla de la Purísima Concepción (Chapel of the Immaculate Conception). Nearby is the house named after la Malinche, the lover of Cortés. However, she never lived here as the house was built 200 years after she had passed away.

Very little of the original 16th c. structure remain of this church. Most of it has been rebuilt in the 20th c.