The "Angel de la Independencia" would qualify for that. See related links.

1. The Plaza de la Constitución, or Zocalo

This is the main square of Mexico City's historic center. At 830 x 500 feet, it's one of the largest public square in the world. The great expanse of paved space is decorated with a single huge Mexican flag in the center. This is the heart of the city, the site of events, festivals and protests, and a good place to start your explorations.

2. Catedral Metropolitana (Metropolitan Cathedral)

The enormous cathedral on the North side of the Zocalo was built over a period of 250 years and has a mixture of architectural styles. Like many buildings in Mexico City's historical center, it is slowly sinking into the ground. An extensive engineering project was undertaken in the 1990s to rescue the building, not to stop the sinking, but to ensure that the cathedral would sink uniformly.

3. Palacio Nacional (National Palace)

The government building takes up the East side of the Zocalo and houses the federal treasury and national archives. The main attraction here is Diego Rivera's murals depicting thousands of years of Mexican history.

4. Templo Mayor (Great Temple)

In 1978 electric company workers digging beside the cathedral unearthed a large round stone depicting the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauqui, which spurred the excavation of this, the main Aztec temple, dedicated to Tlaloc, the god of rain and Huitzilopochtli, the god of war. In the museum you can see the stone sculpture which instigated the archaeological project, as well as an interesting scale model of the city in ancient times and many artifacts found on the site.

5. Palacio de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Palace)

This grandiose theater was planned to commemorate the centenary of Mexican independence in 1910, but was not completed until 1934. It contains murals by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo.

There is a little bit for everybody in Mexico:

There are many resort beach areas, around the three seas that touch Mexico, such as Cancun, Cozumel and the Mayan Riviera on the Caribbean coast; Los Cabos, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, Zihuatanejo or Puerto Escondido on the Pacificcoast and even some nice but undeveloped beaches near the port cities of Veracruz or Tampico in the Gulf of Mexico. All of them include water sports and outdoor activities: fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving or kayaking are some of them.

There are many ancient Mayan ruins and pyramids, such as Chichen Itza, Tulum or Uxmal on the Yucatan Peninsula. There are also many other ruins in or around central and southern Mexico, such as Teotihuacan, Monte Alban or The Tajin, belonging to other ancient civilizations such as the Teotihuacans, Zapotecs or Olmecs.

There is a vibrant night life in and around major cities, including discos, casinos, bars and restaurants on Cancun, Cozumel, Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara or Tijuana.

There are many beautiful natural landmarks in Mexico, including the Copper Canyon or Barranca del Cobre in the state of Chihuahua, the Cañon del Sumidero in Chiapas or La Bufadora in Baja California, as well as many national parks and biologic reserves such as El Chico, La Malinche, El Vizcaino or El Cielo biosphere and natural reserves. You can go for outdoor biking, hiking or mountain climbing in many of these places.

All throughout Mexico you can look for their culture and traditions, including gastronomy - which has nothing to do, and is much tastier, than the 'Mexican food' you are accustomed to. There are also many handcrafts you can find and take home such as the ponchos or zarapes, fashionable huipilclothing, the all-too-famous Mexican sombreros, Oaxacan black pottery, Taxco silver jewelry, Chiapas amber jewelry or Zacatecan gold trinkets.

If you want to find out about the history of Mexico, you should go to Mexico City, where you can find some of the largest repositories of Mexican memory, including the Castillo de Chapultepec Museum, the National Museum of Anthropology, the Templo Mayor Aztec ruins and many other museums throughout Mexico City, such as Frida Kahlo's Museum, Museo de Bellas Artes or Modern Arts Museum, which are devoted to the arts.

There are of course, thousands of natural and man-made landmarks throughout Mexico that you can visit, such as:

The Monumento de la Independencia (Independence Monumenr) and Monumento a la Revolucion (Revolution Monument) in Mexico City.
Forts of Loreto and Guadalupe, where the legendary Cinco de Mayo or Battle of Puebla took place.
Many colonial downtowns in cities such as Guadalajara, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato or Queretaro.
Former prison of San Juan de Ulua on the city and port of Veracruz.
Cenote Dzitnup - underground water spring - on Valladolid.
Sotano de las Golondrinas (Cave of the swallows) in San Luis Potosi.
Velo de Novia waterfall in Chiapas, where the famous Predator (1987) movie was filmed.
Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of the Chrystals) where out-of-this world giant selenite chrystals are found.

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