# Roots Earth in Mexico City: audio stories about 55 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/mexico-city Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 55 places in Mexico City, Mexico, in Latin America. The Mexico City stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Mexico City, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 55 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 55 places in Mexico City with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral 2. Zócalo 3. National Palace 4. Templo Mayor 5. Palacio de Bellas Artes 6. Chapultepec Castle 7. National Museum of Anthropology 8. Angel of Independence 9. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe 10. Frida Kahlo Museum 11. Paseo de la Reforma 12. Torre Latinoamericana 13. Chapultepec 14. Monument to the Revolution 15. Museo Soumaya 16. National Museum of Art 17. Postal Palace 18. Palace of Mining 19. House of Tiles 20. Plaza of the Three Cultures 21. Tlatelolco 22. College of San Ildefonso 23. Alameda Central 24. Plaza Garibaldi 25. Rufino Tamayo Museum 26. National Museum of History 27. Diego Rivera Mural Museum 28. Memory and Tolerance Museum 29. Supreme Court of Mexico 30. Vasconcelos Library 31. National Auditorium 32. Estela de Luz 33. National Autonomous University of Mexico 34. Estadio Azteca 35. Plaza de Toros México 36. Anahuacalli Museum 37. Coyoacán 38. Xochimilco 39. Polanco 40. Colonia Roma 41. Condesa 42. San Ángel 43. Santa María la Ribera 44. Colonia Juárez 45. Mixcoac 46. Tepito 47. La Merced Market 48. Mercado Jamaica 49. Mercado de Sonora 50. La Lagunilla Market 51. Mercado Roma 52. Parque México 53. Viveros de Coyoacán 54. Parque Hundido 55. Panteón de Dolores ## Is there an audio guide for Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral? Yes. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 55 Mexico City places in the app, at 19.4343942, -99.1330824. Every one of the other 54 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Mexico City Open Roots Earth and choose Mexico City. The city has its own map of places with all 55 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 55 places in Mexico City, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 55 places in Mexico City, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral - Coordinates: 19.4343942, -99.1330824 - In one line: The largest and oldest cathedral in Latin America rises on the north side of the Zócalo, built between 1573 and 1813 atop the Aztec sacred precinct. Its twin towers, gilded Baroque altars, and slowly sinking floor make it unforgettable. ### 2. Zócalo - Coordinates: 19.43277778, -99.13305556 - In one line: One of the world's largest city squares, this vast plaza sits over the center of Aztec Tenochtitlan. Officially named Plaza de la Constitución in 1813, it is ringed by colonial palaces and famed for its enormous daily flag ceremony. ### 3. National Palace - Coordinates: 19.4326, -99.1316 - In one line: Rising over the site of Moctezuma's palace, this long red-stone building has been a seat of power for five centuries, from viceroys to presidents. Its monumental staircase holds Diego Rivera's sweeping murals of Mexican history, painted between 1929 and 1935. ### 4. Templo Mayor - Coordinates: 19.4333, -99.13278 - In one line: The ritual heart of Aztec Tenochtitlan, this great twin temple to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc was begun around 1325 and razed by the Spanish in 1521. Rediscovered in 1978, its excavated platforms and the Coyolxauhqui monolith reveal a buried empire. ### 5. Palacio de Bellas Artes - Coordinates: 19.4353, -99.1414 - In one line: Mexico's premier cultural palace, built between 1904 and 1934, pairs a gleaming marble Art Nouveau exterior with a bold Art Deco interior. It holds murals by Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros, and a stained-glass stage curtain made by Tiffany. ### 6. Chapultepec Castle - Coordinates: 19.42055556, -99.18166667 - In one line: Crowning a hill above the city, this is the only royal castle in the Americas. Begun in 1785 as a viceroy's residence, it later housed Emperor Maximilian and a military academy. ### 7. National Museum of Anthropology - Coordinates: 19.4261, -99.1861 - In one line: Opened in 1964 to a modernist design by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, this is the world's great museum of Mesoamerican culture. Around a courtyard shaded by a giant umbrella fountain, its halls hold the 24-tonne Aztec Sun Stone and colossal Olmec heads. ### 8. Angel of Independence - Coordinates: 19.42699983, -99.16770983 - In one line: A gilded winged Victory crowns this 45-metre Neoclassical column on Paseo de la Reforma, unveiled in 1910 to mark a century of Mexican independence. A crypt beneath holds the remains of independence heroes. ### 9. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Coordinates: 19.484, -99.117 - In one line: The world's most-visited Catholic shrine, this vast circular basilica built between 1974 and 1976 enshrines the revered image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Beside it leans the older Baroque basilica of 1709. ### 10. Frida Kahlo Museum - Coordinates: 19.35514306, -99.162525 - In one line: Painter Frida Kahlo was born, lived, and died in this cobalt-blue house in Coyoacán. Built in 1904 and opened as a museum in 1958, La Casa Azul preserves her studio, belongings, and folk-art collection. ### 11. Paseo de la Reforma - Coordinates: 19.43444444, -99.15194444 - In one line: Mexico City's grand diagonal boulevard, laid out in the 1860s under Emperor Maximilian and modelled on Europe's great avenues. Nearly 15 kilometres long, it links monuments, glorietas, and the city's tallest towers. ### 12. Torre Latinoamericana - Coordinates: 19.43388889, -99.14055556 - In one line: Completed in 1956, this 44-storey International Style skyscraper was an engineering milestone, designed to ride out earthquakes on Mexico City's soft lakebed. ### 13. Chapultepec - Coordinates: 19.41305556, -99.19777778 - In one line: One of the oldest and largest urban parks in the Americas, Chapultepec was an Aztec royal retreat before becoming a public park in the 1860s. Its 866 hectares hold a hilltop castle, lakes, ancient cypresses, and major museums. ### 14. Monument to the Revolution - Coordinates: 19.4362, -99.15464 - In one line: Completed in 1938 from the unfinished shell of a Porfirian legislative palace, this 67-metre Art Deco arch honours the Mexican Revolution. Its copper dome shelters the tombs of five revolutionary leaders. ### 15. Museo Soumaya - Coordinates: 19.4407, -99.2046 - In one line: A shimmering, hourglass-shaped museum sheathed in thousands of silver tiles, opened in 2011 in Nuevo Polanco. Funded by Carlos Slim, it holds his vast collection, including the largest group of Rodin works outside France. ### 16. National Museum of Art - Coordinates: 19.43638889, -99.13944444 - In one line: Housed in a lavish early-1900s palace built for the Communications and Public Works ministry, this national art museum traces Mexican painting and sculpture from the colonial era to the mid-20th century, fronted by Tolsá's famous equestrian statue. ### 17. Postal Palace - Coordinates: 19.435686, -99.1404 - In one line: Mexico's flamboyant central post office, built between 1902 and 1907 by Italian architect Adamo Boari. Behind its richly carved stone facade waits a celebrated double marble staircase and gilded ironwork shipped from Florence. It still handles mail today. ### 18. Palace of Mining - Coordinates: 19.4356, -99.1394 - In one line: A Neoclassical masterpiece built between 1797 and 1813 by Manuel Tolsá to house the royal mining college. Its columned courtyard and grand staircase remain among the finest in the Americas, now part of the national university. ### 19. House of Tiles - Coordinates: 19.43421944, -99.14020556 - In one line: An 18th-century Baroque mansion famously sheathed in blue and white Talavera tiles from Puebla. Once home to the Counts of the Valle de Orizaba, it holds an Orozco mural and now serves as a celebrated Sanborns restaurant. ### 20. Plaza of the Three Cultures - Coordinates: 19.45111111, -99.13722222 - In one line: A square where three eras of Mexico meet: Aztec ruins, a 17th-century Spanish church, and modern apartment towers. It witnessed the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre, remembered here by a memorial and museum. ### 21. Tlatelolco - Coordinates: 19.45108333, -99.1375 - In one line: The ruins of a great Aztec city founded in the 1330s, once home to the largest market in Mesoamerica. Here, on August 13, 1521, the last Aztec emperor surrendered, ending the Spanish conquest of the empire. ### 22. College of San Ildefonso - Coordinates: 19.43605, -99.13065833 - In one line: A former Jesuit college founded in 1588, San Ildefonso is widely called the birthplace of Mexican muralism. Its colonial courtyards hold landmark frescoes by Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, and it now serves as a major art museum. ### 23. Alameda Central - Coordinates: 19.43583, -99.14472 - In one line: Laid out in 1592, the Alameda Central ranks among the oldest public parks in the Americas. Its tree-lined paths, French-style fountains, and the white Juárez Hemicycle draw families, lovers, and street life into the heart of the historic center. ### 24. Plaza Garibaldi - Coordinates: 19.441, -99.139 - In one line: The spiritual home of mariachi music, Plaza Garibaldi fills nightly with musicians in silver-studded suits ready to serenade for a fee. Around it stand legendary cantinas like Salón Tenampa and a museum devoted to tequila and mezcal. ### 25. Rufino Tamayo Museum - Coordinates: 19.4258, -99.1819 - In one line: Opened in 1981 within Chapultepec Park, this museum grew from the international art collection of painter Rufino Tamayo and his wife Olga. Its award-winning concrete building by González de León and Zabludovsky showcases modern and contemporary works. ### 26. National Museum of History - Coordinates: 19.4206, -99.18155556 - In one line: Housed in Chapultepec Castle and opened in 1944, this museum traces Mexican history from the Spanish conquest to the 1910 Revolution. Twelve galleries, imperial rooms, and dramatic murals fill the only royal castle in the Americas. ### 27. Diego Rivera Mural Museum - Coordinates: 19.43583, -99.14722 - In one line: This museum was built in 1988 around a single masterpiece: Diego Rivera's mural Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central. Rescued after the 1985 earthquake, the vast fresco gathers more than 150 figures from Mexican history. ### 28. Memory and Tolerance Museum - Coordinates: 19.434165, -99.14463 - In one line: Opened in 2010 near the Alameda, this museum confronts genocide and champions human rights. Its exhibits document the Holocaust and atrocities in Armenia, Rwanda, Cambodia, Guatemala, and beyond, urging visitors toward tolerance and respect for diversity. ### 29. Supreme Court of Mexico - Coordinates: 19.43111389, -99.13210556 - In one line: Mexico's highest court occupies a stern stone building beside the Zócalo, raised between 1935 and 1941. Inside, searing murals by Orozco, George Biddle, and Rafael Cauduro confront justice, war, and torture across its corridors. ### 30. Vasconcelos Library - Coordinates: 19.4475, -99.15083333 - In one line: Opened in 2006 and designed by Alberto Kalach, this vast megabiblioteca suspends its glass-and-steel bookshelves in midair around a hanging whale skeleton by Gabriel Orozco. It holds roughly 600,000 volumes within a soaring transparent hall. ### 31. National Auditorium - Coordinates: 19.42472222, -99.19491667 - In one line: Mexico's premier concert hall stands on Paseo de la Reforma in Chapultepec. Built in 1952 and redesigned around 1990 by Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky, it seats more than 9,000 and ranks among the world's busiest venues. ### 32. Estela de Luz - Coordinates: 19.423048, -99.175857 - In one line: A 104-meter tower of quartz panels and electric light marks the eastern entrance to Chapultepec. Inaugurated in 2012 for Mexico's independence bicentennial, it arrived late and far over budget, becoming as famous for scandal as for spectacle. ### 33. National Autonomous University of Mexico - Coordinates: 19.32888889, -99.18722222 - In one line: Latin America's largest university traces its roots to 1551 and was refounded in 1910. Its mid-century Ciudad Universitaria campus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007, is famed for O'Gorman's mosaic-covered Central Library. ### 34. Estadio Azteca - Coordinates: 19.30305556, -99.15055556 - In one line: Opened in 1966, this colossal Mexico City stadium is the only ground to host two World Cup finals, in 1970 and 1986. It witnessed Pelé's triumph and Maradona's two famous goals against England. ### 35. Plaza de Toros México - Coordinates: 19.38338889, -99.178225 - In one line: The world's largest bullring opened in 1946 in the Ciudad de los Deportes district. Designed by Modesto C. Rolland and sunk deep into the ground, it seats 41,262 around its sand, the heart of Mexican bullfighting. ### 36. Anahuacalli Museum - Coordinates: 19.3225, -99.14416667 - In one line: Diego Rivera built this fortress-like temple from black volcanic stone to house his vast pre-Hispanic collection. Inaugurated in 1964, its Mesoamerican-inspired halls hold thousands of ancient figures beneath mosaic-tiled ceilings. ### 37. Coyoacán - Coordinates: 19.35, -99.16222222 - In one line: Cobblestone streets, twin tree-shaded plazas, and a 16th-century church anchor this old colonial village in the city's south. Once home to Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky, Coyoacán still hums with markets, music, and weekend crowds. ### 38. Xochimilco - Coordinates: 19.25722, -99.10333 - In one line: Colorful flat-bottomed trajineras drift through 170 kilometers of canals and ancient floating gardens here. A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987, Xochimilco preserves the last living traces of Aztec lake agriculture. ### 39. Polanco - Coordinates: 19.43388889, -99.19666667 - In one line: Founded in 1937, Polanco grew from a leafy enclave of Colonial Californiano mansions into Mexico City's most exclusive district. Designer boutiques, world-ranked restaurants, and landmark museums now line its broad, prosperous avenues. ### 40. Colonia Roma - Coordinates: 19.41191667, -99.15958333 - In one line: Built in the early 1900s for the city's elite, Colonia Roma dazzles with French-inspired mansions and Art Nouveau facades. Battered by the 1985 earthquake, it has reemerged as a bohemian hub of galleries, cafes, and leafy plazas. ### 41. Condesa - Coordinates: 19.41139, -99.17361 - In one line: Laid out from 1902 on a countess's old estate, Condesa wraps around two great parks and the oval of a former racetrack. Its Art Deco buildings and tree-lined avenues now anchor a bohemian world of cafes and leafy calm. ### 42. San Ángel - Coordinates: 19.347, -99.187 - In one line: Cobbled lanes, colonial mansions, and the 17th-century El Carmen monastery define this old village in the city's south. Around Plaza San Jacinto, the famed Saturday art bazaar still draws crowds to a quarter rich with history. ### 43. Santa María la Ribera - Coordinates: 19.44935556, -99.157275 - In one line: One of Mexico City's first planned neighborhoods, designed in 1858 and authorized in 1859 around a leafy plaza. Its centerpiece is the ornate Moorish Kiosk, a cast-iron pavilion that traveled home from world's fairs abroad. ### 44. Colonia Juárez - Coordinates: 19.4275, -99.16088056 - In one line: A turn-of-the-century elite neighborhood built for families fleeing the old center, its streets named after European capitals. Once the most exclusive address in the city, it now mixes French mansions, galleries, nightlife, and a thriving Little Seoul. ### 45. Mixcoac - Coordinates: 19.3761, -99.1877 - In one line: An ancient lakeside settlement whose Nahuatl name means Place of the Cloud Serpent. Once a town in its own right and home to poet Octavio Paz, it keeps its historic plaza, a 16th-century church, and a pre-Hispanic pyramid amid the modern city. ### 46. Tepito - Coordinates: 19.44555556, -99.12833333 - In one line: A fierce working-class barrio famous for its sprawling street market, its boxing champions, and its Santa Muerte shrine. Spread across dozens of crowded blocks, Tepito sells almost everything and guards a proud identity built over centuries. ### 47. La Merced Market - Coordinates: 19.42592222, -99.12405833 - In one line: The largest traditional food market in Mexico City, rooted in a colonial trading quarter east of the Zócalo. Its vast halls overflow with chilies, produce, spices, and street food, the everyday pantry of the capital for generations. ### 48. Mercado Jamaica - Coordinates: 19.40809444, -99.12285833 - In one line: Mexico City's great flower market, opened in 1957, where more than a thousand stalls sell some 5,000 varieties of blooms and plants around the clock. Its name comes from the Spanish word for hibiscus, and its aisles burst with color year-round. ### 49. Mercado de Sonora - Coordinates: 19.42220833, -99.12468333 - In one line: Mexico City's market of magic and medicine, opened in 1957. Under one long metal nave it sells herbal remedies, amulets, candles, and love potions alongside toys, pottery, live animals, and the alebrijes the Linares family has crafted here for generations. ### 50. La Lagunilla Market - Coordinates: 19.44304167, -99.13621667 - In one line: La Lagunilla is one of Mexico City's largest and most storied markets, born in 1912 on ground that was once a lakeside dock. Three buildings sell clothing, furniture and food, while a famous Sunday flea market spills antiques across the surrounding streets. ### 51. Mercado Roma - Coordinates: 19.41806, -99.16472 - In one line: Mercado Roma is a gourmet food hall in the Colonia Roma neighborhood, opened in 2014. Designed by Michel Rojkind, it gathers some 53 vendors across three floors, wraps an open space in a vertical garden, and crowns the building with a rooftop beer garden. ### 52. Parque México - Coordinates: 19.412, -99.169 - In one line: Parque México, officially Parque San Martín, is the green heart of the Condesa neighborhood, opened in 1927 on a former horse-racing track. Its oval shape, Art Deco details and the curving Foro Lindbergh make it one of Mexico City's most beloved parks. ### 53. Viveros de Coyoacán - Coordinates: 19.354, -99.172 - In one line: Viveros de Coyoacán is both a working tree nursery and a beloved public park, begun in 1901 by Miguel Ángel de Quevedo. Spread over nearly 39 hectares, it grows roughly a million seedlings a year and draws thousands of joggers, walkers and squirrels daily. ### 54. Parque Hundido - Coordinates: 19.37805556, -99.17888889 - In one line: Parque Hundido, officially Parque Luis G. Urbina, sits sunken below street level on the site of a former brick quarry. Opened as a park in the late 1930s, it is known for its floral clock, its replicas of pre-Hispanic sculptures and its shady, lower-lying gardens. ### 55. Panteón de Dolores - Coordinates: 19.407, -99.204 - In one line: Panteón de Dolores is Mexico's largest cemetery, founded in 1875 beside Chapultepec Park. 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