Mexico City - Jesús Nazareno

Opposite the Museum of Mexico City will be seen the 17th c. Baroque church of Jesús Nazareno, with frescos by Orozco (1944) in the dome. It was either here or at the church of Santa Cruz Acatlán that Cortés is said to have met the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II for the first time on November 8th 1519. The body of Cortés, who died at Seville in 1547, now rests in the Jesús Nazareno church. The Hospital La Purísima Concepción adjoining the church, the first of its kind in America, was founded by Cortés in 1524 and was until recently still managed by his descendants.

In the Pino Suárez Metro station, to the south, stands a circular Aztec pyramid which was excavated here.