Mexico-Coyacan-The Blue House-Frida Khalo

Walking through Coyoacan, you can imagine how it must have looked in the early 1900s. Today, Mexico City has sprawled to encompass the once lush vegetation of Coyoacan's tree-lined streets with colonial homes and museums, cafés, boutiques, restaurants, art studios and local artesanos that create a certain ambience and charm. The main square in Coyoacan is the Plaza Hidalgo and Jardin Centenario. These adjoined areas are in the centre of historical Coyoacan and form the zocalo with decorative hedges, fountains and trees. On the weekends this plaza is filled with people, artesanos and street vendors - a prime place for people-watching from the many restaurants, cafés and bars with outside seating around the two squares.
Murals depicting Mexico's history make up the cornerstone of Mexican art. Today you will visit the Museo Frida Kahlo (the Blue House). This was the home of Frida and Diego Rivera from 1934 to 1940, and the innovative building was designed for them by their friend, the architect and painter, Juan O'Gorman. The building featured in the Hollywood film 'Frida' and contains a few examples of Rivera's works and is filled with memorabilia. The Blue House displays a few pieces of Kahlo's art as well as other artists' paintings and pre-Hispanic objects and Mexican crafts that Frida collected