We will be getting married at Seminario XII. Built in 1640, Casa Seminario XII the oldest currently inhabited house in Mexico City. This building was built on the site where the ceremonial temple of the Mexica deity of Tezcatlipoca once stood.
In 1988 it was acquired in a completely abandoned state and for four years it underwent an intense conservation process that managed to restore almost all of its original structure. Teams of stonemasons, carpenters, and blacksmiths participated in the restoration, guided by a team of masters and restorers whose names endure on the main patio’s stone.
It is one of the few buildings from the 17th century that have recovered its constituent elements to continue resolving the function that its construction imposed, that is, its use as a family home. It is then a construction that recreates the past of this city and the society that has inhabited it, with its changes and permanence.
After a renovation carried out by its current stewards, the house is now home to a cultural program open to the public that reflects on affection, restoration, and the commons.
We will hold our ceremony on the rooftop of Seminario XII overlooking the Metropolitan Cathedral.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City, built atop the former Aztec ceremonial center, is the oldest cathedral in Latin America and the first built in the Americas. Construction began in 1573, following the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan, and was completed in 1813. The cathedral's long construction period, spanning nearly 250 years, resulted in a blend of architectural styles, including Gothic, Baroque, Churrigueresque, and Neoclassical, reflecting the changing tastes of the era