Avenida Paseo de la Reforma
Grand nineteenth-century boulevard that shuts to cars every Sunday for cyclists and skaters.
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This guide to Avenida Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City opens with a legend: that the boulevard was built so Empress Carlota could watch her husband, Emperor Maximilian, ride home to Chapultepec Castle. It traces the road's construction under the Austrian-backed emperor starting in 1864, his execution three years later, and its renaming by the president who defeated him. You'll also hear about the Sunday ritual that closes the avenue to cars for cyclists, skaters and joggers today.
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