zócalo
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Police form a protective shield in the during the protests in the zócalo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
She is set to speak later in Mexico City’s zócalo, or central plaza.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
This week in Mexico City’s central plaza, or zócalo, workers have been erecting a more-than 50-foot-tall replica of the emblematic Templo Mayor, the main sanctuary of the Mexicas, as the Aztecs called themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021
Colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century, it sits just uphill from the lagoon and is centered around a large main square, or zócalo, anchored by the Fort of San Felipe.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2019
As of September, the group had set up a large display dedicated to the stromatolites in Spanish and English in the town zócalo.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2019
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