Tlatelolco & the Plaza de las Tres Culturas

On a windy Saturday we started off in the Centro for some live drumming, snacks, and hot chocolate.

We walked northward through Tepito to a quiet park.


We ended up at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. "[I]t symbolizes the fusion of Pre-Hispanic and Spanish roots into the Mexican mestizo identity."


You can see (a dark shot of) pyramids:


There's a church - the Templo de Santiago. The modern part of the trio is the Centro Cultural Universitario.

The latter is the sight where 300-400 protesting students were gunned down on October 2, 1968 on the eve of the Olympic Games.