Welder Ricardo López, 25, works at the central Mexico City site of a historic building that is being restored. The building dates to Mexico’s viceregal period, the architectural era encompassing the nation’s colonial history, beginning with Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico in 1521 and ending with the Mexican War of Independence, which concluded in 1821. Artifacts, remains and temples belonging to indigenous Mexican culture before the Spanish conquest have been found underneath several buildings in the surrounding area of Mexico City’s historic center.

Mar García, GPJ Mexico

Welder Ricardo López, 25, works at the central Mexico City site of a historic building that is being restored. The building dates to Mexico’s viceregal period, the architectural era encompassing the nation’s colonial history, beginning with Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico in 1521 and ending with the Mexican War of Independence, which concluded in 1821. Artifacts, remains and temples belonging to indigenous Mexican culture before the Spanish conquest have been found underneath several buildings in the surrounding area of Mexico City’s historic center.

Mar García, GPJ Mexico

Welder Ricardo López, 25, works at the central Mexico City site of a historic building that is being restored. The building dates to Mexico’s viceregal period, the architectural era encompassing the nation’s colonial history, beginning with Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico in 1521 and ending with the Mexican War of Independence, which concluded in 1821. Artifacts, remains and temples belonging to indigenous Mexican culture before the Spanish conquest have been found underneath several buildings in the surrounding area of Mexico City’s historic center.

Mar García, GPJ Mexico

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Welder Ricardo López, 25, works at the central Mexico City site of a historic building that is being restored. The building dates to Mexico’s viceregal period, the architectural era encompassing the nation’s colonial history, beginning with Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico in 1521 and ending with the Mexican War of Independence, which concluded in 1821. Artifacts, remains and temples belonging to indigenous Mexican culture before the Spanish conquest have been found underneath several buildings in the surrounding area of Mexico City’s historic center.

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Welding at a Restoration Project in Mexico City
By Mar García Contributing Reporter
December 14, 2017
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