The heart of Mexico City is the Plaza de la Constitución. The
residents began calling t the Zócalo, meaning base, in the 19th
century when plans fo a major monument to independece went unrealized,
leaving only the pedestal.
Measuring 220x240 meters (720x800 feet), it is the world's third
largest city square, after th Red Square in Moscow and Tiananmen
square in Beijing. It is surrounded by Palacio Nacional, the Catedral
Metropolitana and city government offices.
The emptiness of the square allows it to be adapted and rearranged for
multiple uses - mass protests, a free concert venue, a human
chessboard or an ice skating rink. With my luck, today it was largely
blocked off for construction.
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