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Parroquia de San
A Walk Through
Colonia Condesa
Afternoon
Take the
Turibus
TFFQ
and get off at stop #3, or
take a taxi to Av Michoacán
.BQ'
. This beautiful
residential neighborhood
has tree-shaded avenues
and Art Deco houses, and
is a favorite with writers,
artists, and musicians. This
trendy area boasts cafés
that are popular with the
city's young professionals.
Tr y
La Buena Tierra
(see
p99)
for excellent organic
fare, or the nearby
Mamá
Rosa's
(see p99)
for Italo-
Mexican dishes. After
lunch, continue along
Av Michoacán and cross Av
México
.BQ)
, entering
the pretty
Parque México
TFFQ
and walk to the
Fountain of the Water Jugs
which has a statue of a
nude woman holding two
ceramic jugs with water
flowing from them. Once
part of Mexico's premier
horse racing track, this oval
park features wide shady
paths, lush landscaping,
and beautiful fountains.
Exit the park at the north-
east corner on to Av
México. Continue past the
lovely 14-story Art Deco
masterpiece Edificio
Basurto by architect
Francisco J. Serrano and
completed in 1945. Admire
the lovely, dome-shaped
white Art Deco fountain in
Plaza Popocatépetl
(Map
)
, designed by José
Gómez Echeverría in 1927.
Walk to the right, almost all
the way around the circular
plaza, exiting on to Av
México. Continue on to Av
Michoacán, passing Art
Deco buildings and then
head back to the Turibus
stop where you can have
dessert or snacks at one of
the many sidewalk
restaurants.
Bernardino de Siena
Flower-filled gardens surround
this graceful church. Ornate
doorways lead to one of
Mexico's last surviving 16th-
century altarpieces. This magni-
ficent
retablo
has paintings by
Baltazar de Echave and sculp-
tures by Luis de Arciniega. A uni-
que feature of this church is the
pre-Hispanic skulls mounted on
the side walls, with a sign remin-
ding parishioners how to make a
good confession.
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Museo Diego Rivera
Anahuacalli
Designed by Diego Rivera to
house his spectacular collection
of thousands of pre-Hispanic
Mexican artifacts, this huge,
black, volcanic rock building incor-
porates Mayan and Toltec design
elements. The collection includes
figurines from Tlatilco, masks
from Teotihuacán, and the sculp-
tures of four Aztec deities, the
goddess of corn and the gods of
wind, fire, and rain. Rivera died
before the building was comp-
leted, but his two-story studio is
decorated as he planned to use it.
Large sketches of some of his
murals hang on the walls.
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