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Mexico City : Heroines & Villans of Mexico Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The Heroines and Villains of New Spain tour during the 16th and 17th centuries is special because it will allow you to get to know the B side of history. It makes visible the role of women in the conquest of Mexico, Spanish soldiers such as Maria Estrada, Beatríz Bemúdez de Velasco, the cacicas, encomenderas, Isabel de Moctezuma, the mediators between armies such as Maliche and Luisa Xicotencatl, the nurses and first educators of girls.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Headphones and radios so you can listen when the guide speaks
Specialized live and real-time guide
Coffee and/or Tea
Meeting Points
Departure
Centro Cultural de España
See you at the entrance of Centro Cultural Spain
Return
Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
The tour ends inside the Museum of the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, it is the Old Palace of the Archbishopric on Moneda Street next to the National Palace
Mexico City : Heroines & Villans of Mexico Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
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The Heroines and Villains of New Spain tour during the 16th and 17th centuries is special because it will allow you to get to know the B side of history. It makes visible the role of women in the conquest of Mexico, Spanish soldiers such as Maria Estrada, Beatríz Bemúdez de Velasco, the cacicas, encomenderas, Isabel de Moctezuma, the mediators between armies such as Maliche and Luisa Xicotencatl, the nurses and first educators of girls.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Headphones and radios so you can listen when the guide speaks
Specialized live and real-time guide
Coffee and/or Tea
Meeting Points
Departure
Centro Cultural de España
See you at the entrance of Centro Cultural Spain
Return
Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
The tour ends inside the Museum of the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, it is the Old Palace of the Archbishopric on Moneda Street next to the National Palace
Itinerary
1
Museo del Templo Mayor
In the Models of the Templo Mayor and in the ruins outside, I will explain the history of the founding of Tenochtitlan and the myths of the founding goddesses of this city, the importance of the eagle warriors and self-sacrifice.
40 minutes
2
Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico
We will visit the window of the Souls of Purgatory at the back of the Cathedral to talk about the role of the Nuns in Mexico City in the 17th century to save the souls and the role of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in this place
10 minutes
3
Centro Cultural Espana en Mexico
We will visit the Site Museum of the Spain Cultural Center, the Calmecac, children's school, children of the indigenous nobility, the education of Nahua women, the role of the cheerleaders and the women who died during childbirth. Painters of pre-Hispanic codices and their role as warriors. The importance of color in the codices
40 minutes
4
Monte de Piedad
We will visit the Old Palace of Axayácatl-Old Houses of Moctezuma II. I will explain the role of the noble cacicas, Isabel de Moctezuma, Malintzin and Luisa Xicotencatl
20 minutes
5
Dulceria de Celaya
We will stop by for some dulce de leche at the legendary Dulcería Celaya and we will sit on the benches of 5 de Mayo to enjoy them
15 minutes
6
Museo Del Estanquillo
We will stop at the sculpture of Pancho Villa, and I will show the hidden treasures on the corners of Madero Street. We will take photographs
15 minutes
7
Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico
We will pass in front of the Cathedral and I will explain the façade and the importance of the Plateresque Baroque style and the representation of the Triumph of the Church
10 minutes
8
Museo de Arte SHCP Antiguo Palacio del Arzobispado
We will enter the Old Palace of the Archbishopric on Moneda Street to explain the arrival of the pioneer Spanish educators of Nahua girls and their political conflict with the Archbishop Fray Juan de Zúmarraga
