belles, marias tortillas

aaaaalright! this is the belles artes, which was built as a kind of renaissance building i think (though its art nouveua, whatever, it looks renaissancy to me). it houses the opera when it comes to town )carmina burana when i was there), and is made of italian marble. inside there are some awesome murals by diego rivera. one features marx (he was a fierce leninist - right word?) which was torn down from teh rockefeller centre in new york after it was commissioned by the rock himself. rivera remuraled it here in the belles artes.
the interior is cool as well, a kind of art deco with mexican ancient gods. cool.

this is the cathedral which is tall and nice and cool. it was built in 1847 at the height of the Great Tortilla Shortage of the 1800´s. from out the front carrieges would pick up truckloads (or carriageloads) or tortillas shipped fromt eh north to take south to the starving families. the cathedral is called Ave Maria or something and led to the modern phrase ´marias tortillas´- or ´jeez this taco is taking a long time´.
ok, the cathedral history isnt true, i just went in there cos it was nice, and it was cool.