What is Mexico City Cathedral?
[[File:Catedral de México.jpg|thumb|250px|The front of Mexico City Cathedral]] The '''Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City''' or the '''Mexico City Cathedral''' is a [[cathedral]] in [[Mexico City]]. It is one of the oldest and largest cathedrals in the [[Americas]]. The cathedral was built from 1573 to 1813 around the original church. The original church was built soon after the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish conquest]] of [[Tenochtitlán]]. The new cathedral eventually replaced the church entirely. {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mexico]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Mexico City]] [[Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Mexico]]