Streets squares and districts to visit Mexico City

The main square of Tlalpan is surrounded by the church of San Agustín de Las Cuevas (founded in 1547 by Dominican monks), the pretty La Paz market, the Casa Frissac and the municipal palace where you can admire a 70 m long fresco that tells the story of the village. All around the square, in private houses or under the porticoes, there are many restaurants and bars. This square is very lively at weekends and at night it becomes a dance floor with the sound of the danzón . It is the lively heart of the neighbourhood.

On the Paseo de la Reforma, one of Mexico City's main thoroughfares, the "Passage of Heroines" was inaugurated in 2020, featuring statues of great Mexican female figures, to honor their historic contribution to the nation. Fourteen women are represented:

Carmen Serdán Alatriste (1873-1948), a revolutionary who took an active part in the fight against the Porfirio Diaz regime

Juana Belén Gutiérrez Chávez (1857-1942), a Mexican journalist who fought with the Zapatistas and was an icon of the women's suffrage movement

Sara Pérez Romero (1870-1952): political activist, known as "the first lady of the revolution" for her revolutionary bias within the anti-re-electionist party and her marriage to President Francisco Madero

Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (1768-1829), nicknamed "la Cogerridora", played a key role in mobilizing the city of Queretaro for independence

Gertrudis Bocanegra (1765-1817), insurgent, contributed to the war for independence and was executed

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) : first poetess of the Americas, archetypal ^17th-century woman scholar and feminist, a benchmark of Mexican literature and culture

Matilde Montoya La Fragua (1859-1939), a midwife by training, was one of the first women to obtain a doctorate in medicine

Leona Vicario (1789-1842): one of the country's first female journalists, known as the heroine of independence for her ingenious coded communication system

Margarita Maza (1846-1925) , wife of President Benito Juarez, she was his advisor and supporter from behind the scenes

Hermila Galindo (1886-1954) , writer and radical feminist, she is considered one of his precursors

Elvia Carrilo Puerto (1878-1968), "the Suffragist", involved in the women's suffrage movement, was one of the first women to be elected to Parliament

Dolores Jiménez y Muro (1848-1925): a teacher and revolutionary, she united women to demand their political and social rights as part of the revolution

Agustina Martínez Heredia: she agreed to enlist 12 of her sons in Benito Juarez's army to fight against the French, and for this she is considered a national heroine

A final statue is dedicated to the Mexicanas Anónimas Forjadoras de la República, the "anonymous women who forged the Republic", in other words, to all those who contributed in one way or another to building and forging today's homeland.