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demolition of part of the monastery of San
Fernando allowed for the created of Paseo Guerrero (today Eje Guerrero) in 1860. In the last decades of the century, the horse facilities were owned by Rafael Martinez de la Torre, who created the Rancho de Santa María. Later, he subdivided it into housing units. The new colonia had a small plaza or park which was named after Martinez de la Torre. Today, it is the site of the Inmaculado Corazón de María Church (on the corner of Heroes and Mosqueta) and the Martinez de la Torre Market. Another small plaza was named after the last ranch owner's wife, Concepcion Cuevas, but that was changed in 1920.
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proportion. Despite its stone columns and iron arches, it was severely damaged in the earthquake of 1957, which separated the south wall from the vault. This damage was never repaired, so when the earthquake of 1985 occurred, part of the building completely collapsed. Government authorities decided to demolish the rest of the church and rebuild it, keeping the old facade and towers which had not been damaged significantly.
228:, the Franz Mayer Museum and the San Hipólito Church are associated with the historic center of the city due to their locations along Hidalgo Street, they are officially located in Colonia Guerrero. The Santa Veracruz Church is one of the oldest religious establishments in Mexico City and was the third most important church in the area in the 16th century. It was established by a religious brotherhood founded by
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O’Donojú. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna also buried the leg he lost in
Veracruz during the Pastry War, but it was removed from here sometime later. After the cemetery was closed, it was eventually redeveloped and became the site of the Hosteria de Santo Tómas de Villa nueva and today it is the Hotel Cortés, the Hospital de San Hipolito and the Temple of San Juan de Dios on Hidalgo Street.
321:, with a number of high-profile murders and gangland-style executions in 2010. Crime statistics here are more than 50% more than average, mostly consisting of robbery, family violence, home invasion and drug sales. The most dangerous streets are Estrella, Zarco, Degollado, Sol, Luna y Magnolia, Eje Central and
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Guerrero to the west and Avenida Hidalgo to the south. The colonia has a long history, beginning as an indigenous neighborhood in the colonial period called Cuepopan. The origins of the modern colonia begin in the first half of the 19th century, but most of its development
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and ending here. In the second half of the 20th century, Avenida
Hidalgo and Santa Maria La Redonda Streets were widened, and Paseo de la Reforma was extended north. By 1979, three main arteries passed through here called Eje Guerrero, Eje Mosquesta and Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas. This transformed
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America. The museum houses the largest collection of decorative and utilitarian items in Mexico, most of which was collected by the museum's founder Franz Mayer. The collection includes dishes, ceramics, furniture, textiles, sculptures, paintings and more from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The
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While it is believed that most of the formation of the modern neighborhood occurred with the development project of 1873, there is house at 180 Guerrero Street with a stone inscription stating it was the first house built in the colonia in 1874, and reformed in 1891. Named streets around that time
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The cemetery belonging to Santa Maria La
Redonda still existed at that time, which was primarily used to bury people of few means. However, a few notable people were also buried here including President Melchor Múzquiz and the last viceroy of New Spain, María de Josefa Sánchez Barriga y Blanco de
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Cuepopan, Colonia Bellavista, and Colonia San Fernando. It was created from horse facilities that belonged to the Propaganda FIDE de San Fernando College around 1873. Prior to this, this area was part of the old indigenous neighborhood of Cuepopan. The first church in this
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Inmaculado Corazón de María Church is squarely located in the colonia. It was begun in 1887 and designed by engineer Ismael Rego in Neo-Gothic style. It was finished in 1902. Originally, it was supposed to have three naves, but only one was constructed. For this reason, the building is out of
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