Casa Talavera Cultural Center

The building is located on the corner of Calle Talavera and República del Salvador in the La Merced neighborhood of the historic center of Mexico City.

[3] The building is currently used as a cultural center, operated by the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, and hosts classes, presentation and other activities such as a 2011 exhibit dedicated to the annual re-dressing of Child Jesus images in Mexico, held in relation to the annual “tianguis” market on Calle Talavera which sells all of the supplies related to in preparation for Candlemas (February 2) .

[1][3][5] The site museum contains a collection of pre Hispanic and colonial era ceramics and other artifacts found since excavations were begun in 1987 in the neighborhood.

[3] Later, it became of on the many houses owned by the Marquís of Aguayo, who helped to consolidate Spanish-held lands in the Americas in the early 18th century as well as to expel the French from Texas .

[3][4] The building used to be located alongside of Lake Texcoco, which linked it by water mostly to areas south and east such as Xochimilco and Chalco.