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University City is one of the great architectural
and cultural treasures of Mexico City due to the
large amount of investigations and academic
activities that take place in it, and also to its
outstanding architecture, considered one of the
maximum examples of the 20th Century in
Latinamerica.
University
City, known as CU by the inhabitants of the city, is
located south of the central part of the city, to
both sides of Insurgentes Avenue and it includes
within its grounds several renowned faculties,
important libraries and outstanding cultural centers
and museums. The central part of University City is
composed by the first buildings that were
constructed during the 40’s and which are a result
of the team work of several of the most outstanding
Mexican architects of the time which were searching
for a national architecture with its own identity.
From there, University City finds itself distributed
around large green areas and outdoor plazas in much
the same way that prehispanic cities were. It’s
wonderful the amplitude and the sense of immensity
that you can feel in the esplanade of the Tower of
Rectory, in which façade several murals of David
Alfaro Siqueiros can be appreciated, or the Central
Library which is located in front and to the side of
the Tower, which constitutes a mural in itself, work
of the Mexican muralist and architect Juan O’Gorman.
Also in this section you can find the Faculty of
Philosophy and the Faculty of Architecture, one of
the most outstanding in the continent, it also
houses the MUCA or University Museum of Arts and
Sciences.
On the other side of Insurgentes Avenue the
fantastic University Stadium, which hosted the
México 1968 Olympic Games, can be found. More to the
south, in the middle of the ecological reserve of
CU, you can find the Botanical Gardens with its
beautiful and important gardens, also the University
Cultural Centre which houses the Nezahualcóyotl
theatre which is considered has the best acoustics
in Latinamerica, the Universum Museum of Science and
an important sculpture space in the middle of a
rocky area.
It’s possible to access the University through
Insurgentes Sur Avenue or the Underground stations
Universidad and Copilco.
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