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title: "Plaza de las Tres Culturas — Fondo Moderno"
description: "Plaza de las Tres Culturas by Mario Pani, Mexico City."
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# Plaza de las Tres Culturas

Mario Pani · [Mexico City](https://fondomoderno.com/buildings/cities/mexico-city)

Named for the three moments of history visible from a single point — Aztec ruins, a colonial-era church, and Mario Pani's modern housing complex — the plaza was built directly beside the archaeological remains of Tlatelolco's pre-Hispanic market city rather than clearing them. It later became the site of the 1968 student massacre, and the plaza has carried that history alongside its original one ever since.

## Related

- [Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco-Tlatelolco](https://fondomoderno.com/buildings/conjunto-urbano-nonoalco-tlatelolco) — The wider housing complex this plaza sits at the center of
- [Torre Insignia](https://fondomoderno.com/buildings/torre-insignia) — The tallest tower of the complex, visible from the plaza