Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, North of socket

The José Luis Cuevas Museum (open from Tuesday to Sunday; paid entry), installed in an old convent founded by one of the most renowned Mexican modern artists and refurbished. Its rooms include the controversial erotic room and is located northeast of the base of the city of Mexico.
Previously it had been the University area, although he long ago that it was replaced by the spacious campus of the South of the city. Behind the greater Temple, the colegio de San ildefonso, the murals cover the walls of the courtyards of the old Jesuit College, also called the National preparatory school, up to a height of three storeys. Siqueiros, Rivera and other works can be seen, but stand out above all the paintings of Orozco. After a profound renovation, in 1992 it opened again and since then hosts important exhibitions.
The best of the work of Riviera can be found just around the corner, in the twin patios of the Ministry of education (open Monday through Friday, free admission). Outside stands a massive statue of Jose Vesconcelos, the radical Minister of education after the revolution entrusted the elaboration of the murals. Nothing else entering this majestic and old building, which now houses the library Justo Sierra, there is a small cinema (admission free; programming can be seen in a contiguous plank).
The wonderful plaza de Santo Domingo is one of the most typical of Mexico. Under the arcades of the western flank, the public scribes, known as the "evangelists", singuen writing letters and filling out forms for illiterate with their old typewriters. There are also Street typographers with outdated manual presses. The beautiful baroque Church of Santo Domingo, at the northern end of the square, is the most important Dominican Church of the city.  It is located just opposite the Palace of the Inquisition, headquarters of the dreaded and uncompromising institution, which administered the Dominicans.

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