Mexico City - San Francisco

Avenida Francisco I leads south from the Torre Latinoamericana, and on the right-hand side of the street stands first of all the church of San Francisco, with a handsome Churrigueresque doorway of the early 18th c. This is a remnant of a large convent founded by Cortés in 1524 which was destroyed by the Reform government in 1856. The remains of Cortés are said to have lain in this church from 1629 to 1794.