LGBTQ+ History: Plazas and Secrets

Meeting point

Where

We meet outside Number 15, República de Argentina Street, curbside, right at the door marked with #15. It is the main door and it is not at the corner. It is at the heart of Mexico City's Historic Center.

Departure

10:00 daily; scheduled year-round (operator schedule, seats confirmed at checkout)

Return

At the Historic Center's second largest plaza, Plaza de Santo Domingo. At the corner of República de Venezuela and República de Brasil streets.

Pickup

No hotel pickup: everyone meets at the start point

Operator

Mex at Max; booking and payment are completed on Viator

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   Rooftop balcony overlooking the Palace of the Royal Duty, the Hideaway Rooms of Frida Kahl, and the Great Aztec Temple's ruins1h · Admission included
2. Museo del Templo Mayor

   The Templo Mayor (Spanish for "Great Temple") was the main temple of the Mexica (former Aztec) people in their capital city.

   Pass by, no stop
3. Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico

   The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.

   Pass by, no stop
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   Zocalo

   The central plaza. The heart of city and country. The meeting place since the 16th century.

   30 min
5. Palacio Nacional de Mexico

   The National Palace (Spanish: Palacio Nacional) is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. Since 2018 it has also served as the official residence for the President of Mexico.

   Pass by, no stop
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   Centro Cultural Espana en Mexico

   The Centro Cultural de España (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico) is located at 18 Guatemala Street in the historic center of Mexico City. In the late 1990s, this old mansion just behind the Cathedral was in ruins when the Mexico City government ceded it to the Spanish government. When restoration work was finished, the new Centro Cultural de España was inaugurated by the King of Spain with the President of Mexico in 2002.

   30 min
7. Ex Old Customs

   The Old Customs Building is located on the east side of Santo Domingo Plaza between Republica de Venezuela and Luis Gonzalez Obregon Streets just to the north of the main plaza of Mexico City.

   Pass by, no stop
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   Plaza de Santo Domingo

   Plaza Santo Domingo is flanked to the west by the Portal de Evangelistas, which is a Tuscan colonnade with round arches. Scribes with typewriters and antique printing machines work in this Portal.

   30 min
9. The Spanish Inquisition was the civilian institution in charge of executing convicted homosexuals between 1521 and 1821Pass by, no stop
10. The Church of Santo Domingo is located on the north side and faces the Santo Domingo plaza

    The starting point of El Camino Real, from Old Mexico to New Mexico, a trading route and a safe haven for gay male couples.

    Pass by, no stop

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