Tacuba
District of Benito Juarez
Ciudad de México - Mexico

Metro Cuatro Caminos

Metro Cuatro Caminos (translated from Spanish the name literally means "Four Roads") is a station of the Mexico City metro network. It is the current north terminus of Line 2 and serves as a hub for regional transport from and into the State of México. As of 14 September 1970 Line 2 originally terminated at Metro Tacuba, but on 22 August 1984 the line was extended an additional two stations to reach the municipality of Naucalpan.

Located at 19.4596, -99.2159 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1984, Naucalpan de Juárez

Metro Camarones

Camarones is a station along Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Colonia Barrio Santa Cruz Acayucan district in the Azcapotzalco borough, north of Mexico City, Mexico. The station was opened with the others along the northern portion of Line 7 on 29 November 1988. Its name and logo come from a town that once existed nearby, the town of Camarones.

Located at 19.4791, -99.1901 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1988

Metro Panteones

Panteones is a station serving Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Argentina district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of the Mexican Federal District. Panteón means "cemetery" in Spanish; the station's name and logo come from the nearby graveyards. The station was opened as part of a westward extension of Line 2 on 22 August 1984. \t\t \t\t\tMetro Panteones. jpg \t\t\t Metro Station Panteones, 9 April 2009 \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tMetro Panteones Entrance.

Located at 19.4588, -99.2032 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1984

Metro Tacuba

Metro Tacuba is a station of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tacuba district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, to the west of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 2 and 7. The station logo depicts three flowers, as its name comes from the Nahuatl language word tlacopan, that which means "land of flowers". It refers to the ancient Tepanec kingdom of Tlacopan that existed in the area in pre-Columbian times.

Located at 19.4593, -99.1892 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1970

Metro Cuitláhuac

Metro Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city centre. It lies along Line 2. The station logo depicts an Aztec battle shield. However, the name comes from nearby Avenida Cuitláhuac, an avenue named in honour of Cultlahuanctzin (whose name was later changed into Spanish language as "Cuitláhuac").

Located at 19.4574, -99.182 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1970

Metro Popotla

Metro Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Popotla district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba. The name of the station comes from a town that once existed in the zone.

Located at 19.4521, -99.1747 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1970

Metro Colegio Militar

Metro Colegio Militar is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, on Calzada México-Tacuba. The station logo shows the stylised coat of arms of the Heroic Military College. This is in reference to the military academy that existed in the nearby Popotla neighbourhood from 1920 until 1976, when it was moved to its current location in the south of Mexico City.

Located at 19.4494, -99.1723 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1970

Metro Normal

Metro Normal is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba. The station logo depicts the tower of the nearby main building of the Escuela Normal de Maestros, an academy for elementary school teachers, inaugurated in 1947 by Jaime Torres Bodet, then Secretary of Education of Mexico. The station opened on 14 September 1970.

Located at 19.4444, -99.1674 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1970

Metro San Cosme

San Cosme is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, on Avenue Ribera de San Cosme a few blocks before it becomes Calzada México-Tacuba. The southern exit leads to Colonia San Rafael while the Northern one leads to Colonia Santa María la Ribera. It is two blocks from the Mercado de San Cosme. The station logo depicts a balcony from the nearby colonial building known as La Casa de los Mascarones.

Located at 19.4417, -99.1611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1970

Torre Ejecutiva Pemex

The Pemex Executive Tower (Spanish: Torre Ejecutiva Pemex) is a skyscraper in Mexico City. The 214 meter (211 meters to top floor) international style tower was built between 1979 and 1983. Since the building's opening, it has been occupied by state-owned Pemex, one of the largest petroleum companies in the world.

Located at 19.4391, -99.1748 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Office buildings completed in 1982, Skyscrapers in Mexico City, Skyscrapers between 200 and 249 meters

Aztec calendar stone

The Aztec calendar stone, Mexica sun stone, Stone of the Sun (Spanish: Piedra del Sol), or Stone of the Five Eras, is a large monolithic sculpture that was excavated in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City, on December 17, 1790. It was discovered while Mexico City Cathedral was being repaired. The stone is approximately 12 feet across and weighs approximately 24 tons.

Located at 19.4261, -99.1875 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1790 archaeological discoveries, Aztec artifacts, Stones

Museo Nacional de Antropología

The Museo Nacional de Antropología (MNA, or National Museum of Anthropology) is a national museum of Mexico. It is the most visited museum in Mexico.

Located at 19.426, -99.186 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Museums in Mexico City, Anthropology museums, History museums in Mexico, Mesoamerican art museums, National museums of Mexico, Museums established in 1964, Pre-Columbian studies, 1964 establishments in Mexico, Archaeological museums in Mexico

Metro San Joaquín

Metro San Joaquín (Spanish: Estación San Joaquín) is a station along Line 7 of the metro of Mexico City. Its logo represents the silhouette of a bridge of the radial Viaducto Río San Joaquín. It was opened on 20 December 1984. It is located in the Colonia Pencil Sur neighnorhood and nearby points of interest include the Panteón Francés. \t\t \t\t\tMetroSanJoaquinEntrance. JPG \t\t\t Lago de Terminos Street entrance to Metro station San Joaquín \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tMetroSanJoaquinPlatform.

Located at 19.4458, -99.1918 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1984

Metro Polanco

Metro Polanco is a station along Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. The station opened on 20 December 1984. It serves the Polanco neighborhood. The logo for the station features a silhouette of a building typical of the architecture of Polanco.

Located at 19.4335, -99.191 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1984

Polanco, Mexico City

This article is about a neighborhood of Mexico City, for other uses read Polanco (disambiguation). Polanco is the name that usually refers to a very affluent group of seven official neighborhoods ("colonias") in Mexico City, located north of Chapultepec Park. The official names of the neighborhoods are: Los Morales (which is divided in three sections), Del Bosque, Polanco Reforma, Polanco Chapultepec, Chapultepec Morales, Bosque de Chapultepec and Residencial del Bosque.

Located at 19.4333, -99.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City, Central business districts

Colonia Santa María la Ribera

Colonia Santa María la Ribera is a colonia located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, just west of the historic center. It was created in the late 19th century for the affluent who wanted homes outside of the city limits. The colonia reached its height between 1910 and 1930. In the 1930s, the middle class moved in and a new era of construction began. The colonia began to deteriorate in the 1950s, as the city grew around it and apartment buildings were constructed.

Located at 19.4494, -99.1573 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

Tacuba (Mexico City)

Tacuba is a section of northwest Mexico City. Tacuba was an autonomous municipality until 1928, when it was incorporated into the Central Department along with the municipalities of Mexico, Tacubaya and Mixcoac. The Central Department was later split up into boroughs (delegaciones); historical Tacuba is now in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo. Tacuba is home to a Child Jesus image called the “Niño Futbolista” (Child Football/Soccer player).

Located at 19.4559, -99.1857 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City, 1928 disestablishments, Populated places established in the 16th century

Mexico City National Cemetery

The Mexico City National Cemetery is a cemetery in Mexico City. It was established in 1851 by the United States Congress to gather the American dead of the Mexican-American War that lay in the nearby fields and to provide burial space for Americans who died in the vicinity. A small monument marks the common grave of 750 unidentified American dead of the War of 1847.

Located at 19.4429, -99.1657 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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National cemeteries, Cemeteries in Mexico, United States national cemeteries, American Battle Monuments Commission, Mexican–American War, Buildings and structures in Mexico City, Visitor attractions in Mexico City, 1851 establishments in Mexico

Parque Lincoln

Parque Lincoln, or Lincoln Park, is a city park in Mexico City, México. The park is located in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City (México, D. F.).

Located at 19.4297, -99.1983 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Parks in Mexico City

Colonia San Rafael

Colonia San Rafael is a colonia of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, just west of the historic city center. It was established in the late 19th century as one of the first formal neighborhoods outside of the city center and initially catered to the wealthy of the Porfirio Díaz era. These early residents built large mansions, many with French influence, and many still remain.

Located at 19.4386, -99.1627 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

Museo Soumaya

The Museo Soumaya is a private museum in Mexico City with free admission. It is owned by the Carlos Slim Foundation and contains the extensive art, religious relics, historical documents, and coin collection of Carlos Slim and his late wife Soumaya, after whom the museum was named. The museum holds works by many of the best known European artists from the 15th to the 20th century. It contains a large collection of casts of sculptures by Auguste Rodin. The museum was founded in 1994.

Located at 19.4408, -99.2046 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Mexico, Museums in Mexico City, Museums established in 1994, Infrastructure completed in 2011, 1994 establishments in Mexico

Corpus Christi massacre

The Corpus Christi Massacre, Corpus Christi Thursday Massacre, or El Halconazo (The hawk strike— because of the participation of a group of elite Mexican army soldiers known as Los Halcones) was a massacre of student demonstrators in Mexico City on June 10, 1971, the day of the Corpus Christi festival.

Located at 19.4444, -99.1675 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Massacres in Mexico, Mass murder in 1971, 1971 in Mexico, History of Mexico City

Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City

Museo Rufino Tamayo is an art museum located in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park, principally dedicated to the former private collection of artist Rufino Tamayo and temporary exhibits of contemporary art. The building was the first major museum in Mexico built with private funds, with Tamayo participating in its design, which won the Premio Nacional de Arte in 1982.

Located at 19.4257, -99.1818 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1981, Art museums established in 1981, Museums in Mexico City, Art museums and galleries in Mexico, Modern art museums, Contemporary art galleries in Mexico, Biographical museums in Mexico, 1981 establishments in Mexico, Bjarke Ingels buildings

El Bajío (restaurant)

El Bajío is a group of ten restaurants in Mexico City which are run by Carmen Ramírez Degollado, noted for their colorful decoration and traditional cuisine from central Mexico which has received awards and praise from notable food experts. The restaurant business began in 1972 when Carmen’s husband Raúl Ramírez Degollado bought a restaurant selling carnitas in the northwestern borough of Azcapotzalco.

Located at 19.4627, -99.1778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Mexican restaurants

Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion

On 31 January 2013 in Mexico City, an explosion caused by a gas leak occurred beneath Building B-2 at the Torre Ejecutiva Pemex (Pemex Executive Tower), a skyscraper complex that is the headquarters of Pemex, the Mexican state oil company. At least 37 people died and another 126 were injured when an explosion occurred in a building adjacent to the main tower.

Located at 19.4386, -99.175 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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2013 in Mexico, 2013 industrial disasters, 21st-century explosions, Explosions in Mexico, History of Mexico City