the National Museum of Cultures in Mexico City was once a mint for manufacturing coins and even housed the Supreme Court of Mexico?
the National Interventions Museum in Mexico City is located at the site of the 1847 Battle of Churubusco of the Mexican–American War, in a former Franciscan monastery built on top of an Aztec shrine?
the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Church (pictured) in Mexico City may be in danger of collapsing?
the Interactive Museum of Economics in Mexico City is the first museum in the world dedicated exclusively to economics?
the first printing press in the Americas started operations in 1539 in a house in Mexico City that is still standing?
the Centro Urbano Benito Juárez apartment complex in Mexico City was mostly destroyed during the 1985 Mexico City earthquake?
the Church of La Soledad in Mexico City has been the site of an annual commemoration for sex workers?
the Palacio de Cultura Banamex in Mexico City was the site where Agustín de Iturbide accepted the offer to become Mexico's first emperor after the war of independence from Spain?
the Palacio de la Autonomía in Mexico City is where the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México gained autonomy from direct government control?
the site of Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural work was Mexico City's Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters?
there is a monument in Colonia Obrera, Mexico City, to the seamstresses who died here during the 1985 Mexico City earthquake?
the building in Mexico City currently housing the Museo de Charrería, a museum for Mexican rodeo, was originally a 16th-century monastery dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat?
the Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos, in Mexico City, provides more than 85 million public transport rides annually, using exclusively electric trolleybuses and light rail cars?
the Teatro de la Ciudad (pictured) was the most important cultural venue in Mexico City until the Palacio de Bellas Artes was finally finished in the 1930s?
the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City organises an annual parade (pictured) of giant fantastical creatures called alebrijes?
the Caricature Museum of Mexico City has featured cartoons and sketches by Frida Kahlo and Jose Clemente Orozco?
the Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market in Mexico City has about 1,500 square meters of mural work done by students of Diego Rivera?
La Merced Cloister, a monastery complex in Mexico City, is known for its Baroque and Moorish architectural elements?
San Ildefonso College (pictured) in Mexico City is considered the birthplace of Mexican muralism?
Colonia Asturias in Mexico City is named after the first major football stadium built in the city?
Colonia Algarín in Mexico City has restaurants which are recommended for their pozole?
Mexico City's La Santisima Church (pictured) has sunk nearly 3 metres (9.8 ft) since it was built in the 1780s?
masked Mexican professional wrestler Metro is sponsored by the major Mexico City newspaper "Metro" and has the paper's logo on his tights?
Tepito in Mexico City is nicknamed barrio bravo ("fierce neighbourhood") due to crime and its production of pro boxers?
a work based on legends from the Regina Coeli Church in Mexico City was performed by the "Fenix Novohispano" National Theater Company?
remnants of the pre-Columbian aqueduct carrying water from springs at Chapultepec can still be found in Mexico City today?
the altarpiece of the Santa Veracruz Church in Mexico City is said to contain a splinter of the original cross of Jesus, authenticated by the Vatican?
no one is sure why, despite his victory at the Battle of Monte de las Cruces in 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla retreated from Mexico City?
in Mexico City's Zócalo, 18,000 Mexicans stripped naked for the artist Spencer Tunick?
efforts to remove street vendors in the Tlaxcoaque area of Mexico City have resulted in threats to public officials?
half of the population of Colonia Buenos Aires in Mexico City makes a living from selling used auto parts?
Mexican pilot Alberto Braniff was the first pilot to fly a plane over Mexico City?