Tlaxcala City Cathedral Tlaxcala City Cathedral The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral () Also Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Cathedral Is the main Catholic church in the city of Tlaxcala, Mexico. It was first known as the "Temple of St. Francis of Assisi" ("Templo de San Francisco de Asís"), however, when the Diocese began to rise, it was decided to name the cathedral and as it is commonly known; Dedicated as a cathedral under the invocation of Our Lady of the Assumption during the erection of the diocese of Tlaxcala. Built in the sixteenth century between 1530 and 1536 according to Diego Muñoz Camargo,
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral the cathedral for a number of days. The cathedral reopened with new security measures, such as bag searches, in place. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens () is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución in Downtown Mexico City. The cathedral was built in sections from 1573 to 1813 around the original church that was constructed soon after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan,