Plaza
Constitution Plaza
Pl. de la Constitución S/N, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06010 Ciudad de México, CDMX
Vast paved square built over an Aztec ceremonial center, with a giant flag raised and lowered daily by soldiers.
This guide to Constitution Plaza in Mexico City opens in September 1843, when President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna commissioned architect Lorenzo de la Hidalga to design a grand independence column, and masons raced to finish its base in just eight days. It traces what happened when the money ran out before the column itself ever rose, leaving only a plinth standing in the square for decades. Listen as you stand near the flagpole, where that original stonework still lies beneath the pavement.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.