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Trotsky Mus.	Diego Rivera	Diego Rivera	Trotsky Mus.	Trotsky Mus.
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Trotsky Mus.	Frida Kahlo	Frida Kahlo	University	Three Cultures

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Cantina El Nivel

El Nivel, the first bar in the corner of Moneda and Seminario --a few passages of the Zócalo , Mexican historical heart and one of the most spectacular squares of the world -- one prevails to stop and drink a beer and eat cocktail snacks in the bar Cantina El Nivel, oldest of the city. Of its walls it hangs an interesting collection of art and the great pride of the most faithful parroquianos: a copy of the license, first granted to the drink premises, with date 1855.

Monument to the Revolution

Taking advantage of the iron structure that was destined to raise the Legislative Palace and whose construction was interrupted by the beginning of the revolutionary movement of 1910, the architect Carlos Obregón Santacilia in 1932 it obtains that the central cupola and its supports became the present Monument to the Revolution. In the cellars of the building settled down as of 1986 a small museum, that of simple and suggestive way exposes fifty years of the history of Mexico: from 1867 in which Benito Juárez reaffirmed the national sovereignty, to the year of 1917 in which the new Mexican Constitution is signed.

Leon Trotsky

Trotsky eventually quarreled with Rivera and in 1939 moved into his own residence in Coyoacán , a neighborhood in Mexico City . On May 24 , 1940 , he survived a raid on his home by Stalinist assassins under the leadership of GPU agent Iosif Romualdovich Grigulevich , Mexican Stalinist painter David Alfaro Siqueiros , and Vittorio Vidale . Later, on August 20 , 1940, Trotsky was successfully attacked in his home by a Stalinist agent, Ramón Mercader , who drove the pick of an ice axe into Trotsky's skull.

The blow was poorly delivered, however, and failed to kill Trotsky instantly, as Mercader had intended. Witnesses stated that Trotsky let out a blood-curdling cry and began struggling fiercely with Mercader. Hearing the commotion, Trotsky's bodyguards burst into the room and nearly killed Mercader, but Trotsky stopped them, shouting, "Do not kill him! This man has a story to tell." Trotsky died the next day.

Mercader later testified at his trial:

Trotsky's house in Coyoacán was preserved in much the same condition as it was on the day of the assassination and is now a museum run by a board of intellectuals, including his grandson Esteban Volkov . The current director of the museum is Dr. Carlos Ramirez Sandoval under whose supervision the museum has improved considerably after years of neglect. Trotsky's grave is located on its grounds.

Trotsky was never formally rehabilitated by the Soviet government, despite the Glasnost -era rehabilitation of most other Old Bolsheviks killed during the Great Purges.

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Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo ( July 6 , 1907 - July 13 , 1954 ) was a Mexican painter of the indigenous culture of her country in a style combining realism and symbolism , an active Communist supporter, and wife of the Mexican muralist and cubist painter Diego Rivera .

Kahlo was noted for her unconventional appearance, declining to remove her facial hair (she had a small mustache and unibrow which she exaggerated in self portraits), and for her flamboyantly styled clothing, drawn largely from traditional Mexican dress.

An active Communist supporter, Kahlo and Rivera supported Leon Trotsky and he was granted political asylum in Mexico to protect him from Joseph Stalin and his government in Russia . Initially, Trotsky lived with Rivera and then at Frida's home where he and Frida allegedly had an affair. Trotsky and his wife then moved to Coyoacán , and Trotsky was later assassinated. Sometime after Trotsky's death, Frida denounced her former friend and praised the Soviet Union under Stalin. She spoke favorably of Mao , calling China "the new socialist hope".

Kahlo died on July 13 , 1954 , supposedly of a pulmonary embolism . She had been ill throughout the previous year and had had a leg amputated owing to gangrene . However, an autopsy was never performed, and many are convinced that she committed suicide . A few days before her death she had written into her diary: "I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return".

The pre-Columbian urn holding her ashes is on display in her former blue home La Casa Azul in Coyoacán that has been turned into a museum for a number of her works of art.

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University City

Ciudad Universitaria ("University City") is UNAM's main campus, located in Coyoacán borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani y Enrique del Moral , it encloses the Estadio Olímpico Universitario , about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central Library, and a few museums. It was built during the 1950s on an ancient solidified lava bed to replace the scattered buildings in downtown Mexico City where classes were given. It was completed in 1954 .

Three Cultures Square

The Plaza de las Tres Culturas ("Three Cultures Square") is the main square surrounded by the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of Mexico City .

The square contains the remains of Aztec temples and is flanked by the Catholic church of Santiago Tlatelolco and a massive housing complex built in 1964 . The main building of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs ( Mexico 's foreign ministry ) also stands on the southern edge of the square.

The name "Three Cultures" is in recognition of the three periods of Mexican history reflected by those buildings: pre-Columbian, Spanish colonial, and the modern, independent nation.

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