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National Palace

KSU group inside the National Palace. Just above our heads is the walkway that has the Rivera murals.
Mexico City Pt III

June 25th 2006
And the weekend continues... Sunday we toured downtown Mexico City. As I mentioned earlier, the entire city was built on a lake. Fast fact: this is because the indigenous people were searching for a place to centralize their empire. They were looking for a sign from their god of an eagle sitting on a cactus with a snake in it´s mouth. They found the sign in the middle of a lake and startin ... read more
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Mexican Flag The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more
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