Colonia Roma is a neighborhood in the central borough of Cuauhtémoc in Mexico City. It is well known for its Beaux-Arts architecture. It is one of the centers os Mexico City's current bulding boom and new buildings are being built on the empty lots left by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Cuauhtémoc is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexicos Federal District is divided. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... Beaux-Arts architecture denotes the academic classical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, the home territory of this style, which influenced American architecture in the period 1885 – 1920. ... The 1985 Mexico City earthquake was one of the most devastating earthquakes in the history of the Americas. ...

Although it is less gentrifyed than Condesa its flavour is similar to the former and alot of people refer to them indistinctively. Most people may not be able to identify where one neighborhood starts and the other one ends. There is, however, a price diference in the real estate market that makes Colonia Roma more apealing to younger people than Condesa which is definitely more "yuppiesque". Condesa is a neighborhood in the central borough of Cuauhtémoc in Mexico City. ...

Points of interest

• Rio de Janeiro Square. Historic square sorrounded by Beaux Arts buidings.
• Square of the Cibeles. Reproduction of the Cibeles fountain in the Paseo del Prado in Madrid.
• Avenida Alvaro Obregón. Wide boulevard surrounded by some Beaux Arts buildings such as Casa Lamm cultural centre.