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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Y. Mara Teresa Hernndez

New campaign calls on Mexicans to rediscover the capital’s heart through revered churches

Mexico Historic Center Churches - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

La Profesa church in downtown Mexico City has endured through a tumultuous history. An uprising left bullet holes in its walls in 1847. A fire devoured its wooden floors decades later. Its foundation continues to sink due to unstable ground.

“What makes this space important is that it remains alive and continues to be in use,” art historian Alejandro Hernández said.

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