Just look at that spectacular picture! Let me introduce...The Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City. Some archbishop...whom I don't remember the name...started to lay the first stone in 1572! And for the next 300 hundred years...the cathedral had a couple of renovation and expansion. Still standing today...well...hopefully.
Mexico City is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, a legendary Actez city that was build on an island that was at the center of that lake. Now, the city and the lake is gone and Mexico City is sitting right on top of the soft ground. Many beams are needed today to support the cathedral as it is constantly shifting and sinking into the ground.
More pics at www.flickr.com/photos/adrian-tan
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Inside the cathedral
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