Monterrey

This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation).

Famous Places

• El Palacio del Obispado, the Bishop's Palace, hosting a regional museum.
• La Macro Plaza, the largest in the world.
• El Faro del Comercio, the Commerce Beacon.
• La Basílica del Roble, one of the three basilicas of the city.
• El Palacio de Gobierno, where the office of the governor is located.
• El Museo de Historia, which exhibits a large collection of artifacts from Pre-Columbian days until present.
• MARCO, the Museum of Contemporary Art.
• La Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, with its XIX Century buildings and where the national Baseball Hall of Fame is located.
• The Monument to the Sun by Rufino Tamayo, located at the rear of the City Hall.
• The Barrio Antiguo, the colonial sector of the city where one can also find bars, cafés and restaurants. On November of every year the Festival Cultural Barrio Antiguo takes place in the Barrio Antiguo with artists from different places of the world.
• El Río Santa Catarina: despite being called "río" (river) the Santa Catarina is pretty much dry, except for the times it rains. The river channel is now home to soccer and baseball fields, a running track and on weekends a market. The market, which is more of a flea market, is located under El Puente del Papa, which gives the market its name.
• Opened in 2003, the controversial Puente Atirantado is a suspension bridge that crosses the Río Santa Catarina and joins San Pedro Garza García with Monterrey. It was highly controversial due to its cost, its design (which appears to have been cribbed from Santiago Calatrava), and the fact that the river it crosses is dry.