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Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América

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Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América

This building, which dates from 1524, housed the first printing press in the New World, which operated from 1539 until 1560. After this time the building was used for a number of purposes until it was restored by the ''Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana'' (UAM) in 1989; it now houses a museum displa

ying some of the first books printed in Mexico.

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