RIVERA: And Diego Rivera paints a mural about this park.ĪBDELFATAH: Diego Rivera, who's considered one of the greatest Mexican painters of the 20th century, called this mural (speaking Spanish) - Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central.ĪBDELFATAH: A replica of the mural stretches maybe 50-feet long across the side of a building at one end of the park. It sits right off of Cinco de Mayo Avenue. It was the first one in American continent.ĪBDELFATAH: Alameda Central Park was built in the 16th century. And then we find ourselves in a quieter place, surrounded by tall trees, fountains with statues of Greek gods and these vibrant purple flowers called jacarandas. RIVERA: Underneath here, there's three Aztec temples dedicated to the sun, to the wind and.ĪBDELFATAH: Ismael guides us through winding streets, past towering Gothic churches, ancient Aztec temple sites, ornately engraved Spanish colonial arches, a salsa class in one square and a busy market with taco vendors every 2 feet - the smell is delicious, like, unreal. I was born in Mexico City.ĪBDELFATAH: I can't help but go on a historic tour of pretty much everywhere I visit now. RIVERA: (Speaking Spanish) My name is Ismael Rivera. We're in the historic center of Mexico's capital, Mexico City, a massive city of over 8 million people with tour guide Ismael Rivera (ph). ISMAEL RIVERA: We have a phrase - if we don't know where we come from, we don't know where we go.
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