Outside the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, the largest and oldest cathedral in the Americas and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It was a Sunday, so the adherents were paying their respects.
A group of feathered buskers performed a traditional dance for our entertainment.
Inside the Cathedral, a solemn service with boy sopranos enthralled the devotees.
Such grandeur
The Cathedral from the front. The photographic perspective doesn't quite do justice to the sheer enormity of the building.
The Plaza de la Constitución (El Zócalo) is the second largest square in the world. It measures 240m on each side. A huge Mexican flag occupies the center, which is ceremoniously lowered and re-raised each day at 18:00.
Looking down Cinco de Mayo, one of the main streets in Centro Historico. The whole area around here was quite picturesque and full of interesting European-style architecture dating back hundreds of years.
Another view down Cinco De Mayo
The main road in this part of the city is Paseo De La Reforma or 'Reform Promenade'. On Sundays it's mostly closed to traffic for 'Bike Day', and everyone walks, rides, skates, and Segways up and down having a jolly old time. When I first arrived in Mexico, I thought the road was always closed to cars and marveled at the city's progressive nature. Of course, it wasn't true, but one day in seven isn't bad.
The monument to Benito Juárez, a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms as president of Mexico. For resisting the French occupation, overthrowing the Empire, and restoring the Republic, as well as for his efforts to modernize the country, Juárez is often regarded as Mexico's greatest and most beloved leader.