Frida Kalho And Xochimilco/ Español-ingles | Mexico City | Mexico

XOCHIMILCO “MEANS HOUSE OF FLOWERS” WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL LAKES IN MEXICO VALLEY, NATIVES ARRIVED HERE AROUND 900 DC AND BUILT ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS “FLOATING GARDENS”, ALMOST NEXT TO CUICUILCO ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE, DESTROYED BY XITLE VOLCANO 150 BC, FLOODING ALL IN LAVA.IS EVIDENT WHEN YOU ARE EXPLORING ALL THIS SOUTH AREA OF THE CITY, TODAY IT´S A BOTANICAL GARDEN, CONSIDERED THE PREDECESSOR OF TEOTIHUACAN.FRIDA KAHLO LIVED IN COYOACAN TOWN, HER HOUSE TODAY IS A MUSEUM  LOCATED IN THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN, BY THE WAY, COYOACAN WAS THE CAPITAL OF NEW SPAIN IN 1629.KAHLO´S MUSEUM IS AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS SURREALIST PAINTER. THE UNAM (THE MOST IMPORTANT  UNIVERSITY IN MEXICO), IS THE LARGEST IN LATIN AMERICA, FOUNDED ON 1551 BY DECREE OF SPANISH KING, IT IS WORLD HERITAGE SINCE 2007, MURALS WERE PAINTED BY OGORMAN, RIVERA AND SIQUEIROS IN THIS UNIVERSITY.

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