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Touring Santa Catarina
The district Santa Catarina of in Coyoacán (Ciudad de México) is a subburb located in Mexico a little south-west of Mexico City, the country's capital place.
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Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Mexico City, Huixquilucan de Degollado, Nezahualcoyotl, Los Reyes Acaquilpan and Chicoloapan. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 28°C / 82 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Evening Temperature | 23°C / 74 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 69 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 26% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 14% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 19th of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
24°C (76 °F)
21°C (69 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
27°C (80 °F)
20°C (69 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Holiday Inn MEXICO CITY-PLAZA UNIVERSIDAD
Pug Seal B&B Coyoacan
EL DIPLOMATICO HOTEL
RAMADA VA VENETO MEXICO CITY S
Hilton Mexico City Santa Fe
FIESTA INN INSURGENTES SUR
CITY EXPRESS PLUS PATIO UNIV
Hotel de Cortes
City Express Plus Insurgente
Pugseal Boutique Allan Poe
Videos from this area
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Turistear en coyoacán
Conoce algunas actividades que puedes hacer y lugares que puedes visitar si vas a Coyoacán en la ciudad de Mexico.
Centro de Coyoacán y Plaza de la Conchita (en restauración) [Full HD]
Tranquilo sábado por la mañana en Coyoacán. sin duda un agradable paseo para realizar solo o con compañía, ya que por las tardes las multitudes en ocasiones no permiten apreciar toda...
Delegación Coyoacán, D.F. MÉXICO ''PARROQUIA SAN JUAN BAUTISTA''
Delegación Coyoacán, D.F. MÉXICO Aprox. 628500 habitantes 2240 m/snm " PARROQUIA SAN JUAN BAUTISTA COYOACÁN " Domingo, 15 de Febrero 2015 © wikasche@gmail.com ...
Mercado Coyoacán
Noviembre 2014 Entrevista en el Mercado de Comida de Coyoacán situado al sur de la Ciudad de México. Blogger: http://mexicoolture.blogspot.mx/ Twiter: https://twitter.com/Mexicoolture Youtube:...
EL RATÓN VAQUERO CRI CRI EN COYOACÁN FULL HD
En la ratonera ha caido un ratón con sus dos pistolas y su traje de cowboy. Ha de ser gringuito porque siempre habla inglés a más de ser güerito y tener grandes los pies. El ratón...
La Esquina de los Milagros, Coyoacán. Toño y Ever (forever)
Expresión urbana de The Beatles en Coyoacán. Muestra inequívoca de que cuando se quiere de verdad, pues simplemente se puede. Intención pura y resultado extraordinario. Dale LIKE al...
Paseo sonoro Parque Viveros de Coyoacán
Actividad: Paseo Sonoro Parque Viveros de Coyoacán Discurso Audiovisual Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM.
Tostadas makers Coyoacan Market, Mexico City
Counter men fill orders for several locations in the market and are super fast!
Coyoacán Mexico City - San Juan Bautista Church: Vesper Bells
Located in the main square of Coyoacan this church is said to be one of the prettiest in all of Mexico. http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/Mexico/Distrito_Federal/Coyoacan-956585/T...
Agustín Bernal Trio en Coyoacán (Part 1)
Agustin Bernal Trio live at Casa de Cultura Jesus Reyes Heroles, Coyoacan, Mexico City, November 24, 2007. Agustin Bernal- Acoustic Bass, Gerry Lopez- Alto Sax, Gabriel Puentes- Drums.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México National Autonomous University of Mexico {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=|size=|sizedefault=frameless|alt=}}Official sealMotto Por mi raza hablará el espírituMotto in English For my race the spirit shall speak .
Coyoacán
Coyoacán refers to one of the sixteen boroughs (delegaciones) of the Federal District of Mexico City as well as the former village which is now the borough’s “historic center. ” The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means “place of coyotes,” when the Aztecs named a pre-Hispanic village on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco which was dominated by the Tepanec people.
Metro Barranca del Muerto
Metro Barranca del Muerto is a station on the Mexico City Metro, Mexico. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. Its logo represents two eagles, some say buzzards. The metro station is named after Avenida Barranca del Muerto, that was once a big depression, the same length of the actual avenue (barranca means gully or ravine). During the Mexican Revolution (1910 – 1921) this was a place where revolutionary soldiers dropped many corpses.
Metro Universidad
Metro Universidad (also frequently called Metro C.U. , from ciudad universitaria) is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the southern reaches of Mexico City, in Coyoacán borough. A surface station, it is the current terminus of Line 3. The station was opened on 30 August 1983.
Metro Copilco
Metro Copilco is a station along Line 3 on the Mexico City Metro. Located in the Coyoacán borough, in the south of Mexico City, on Avenida Enríquez Ureña (Eje 10 Sur). It is the penultimate station along the southern portion of Line 3. The station logo depicts an Olmec representation of a coiled water snake or dragon (symbols of the lightbug, which is also a personification of the God of Water). Copilco means "the place where there are lightbugs" in Nahuatl.
Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo is a station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Mexico City's southern Coyoacán borough, at the junction of Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo and Avenida Universidad. The station logo represents a tree.
Battle of Churubusco
The Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Contreras (Padierna) during the Mexican-American War. After defeating the Mexican army at Churubusco, the U.S. Army was only 5 miles (8 km) away from Mexico City, the capital of the nation. A month later, the US forces captured Mexico City and the war was over.
Churubusco
Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. Under the current territorial division of the Mexican Federal District, it is a part of the borough (delegación) of Coyoacán. It is centred around the former Franciscan monastery (ex convento de Churubusco) at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:19|21|20|N|99|8|55|W| | |name= }}.
Metro Viveros
Metro Viveros / Derechos Humanos (formerly known as Metro Viveros) is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located between the Álvaro Obregón and Coyoacán boroughs of Mexico City.
Metro Coyoacán
Metro Coyoacán is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City. It is at the intersection of Universidad and Coyoacan avenues. Right outside the station lies the "Centro Coyoacan" shopping mall, Radio Formula and Bancomer headquarters. It is also close to the Cineteca Nacional and Coyoacán district. The station logo depicts a coyote. In fact, the Náhuatl word of Coyohuacan means place of coyotes.
Metro Zapata
Metro Zapata is a station on Line 3 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro. The station serves both lines as a transfer station and as the northwestern terminus of Line 12. The station logo depicts Emiliano Zapata, a national hero from the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1921. This station used to be the terminus of Line 3; while the line has since been extended south, it still plays an important role in the transportation of the city's inhabitants. The metro station was opened on 25 August 1980.
Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
The Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez is an indoor swimming pool Olympic facility located in Mexico City, Mexico. It has a capacity of 10,000. It hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics for competitions of swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming part of modern pentathlon. The only Mexican gold medal in Olympic swimming competitions was won at this site. It was won by Felipe Muñoz in the 200 metres men breast stroke competition.
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera
The Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, it hosted the volleyball competitions.
San Ángel
San Ángel is a colonia or neighborhood of Mexico City, located in the southwest in Álvaro Óbregon borough. Historically, it was a rural community, called Tenanitla in the pre-Hispanic period. Its current name is derived from the El Carmen monastery school called San Ángel Mártir. San Ángel remained a rural community, centered on the monastery until the 19th and 20th centuries, when the monastery was closed and when the area joined urban sprawl of Mexico City.
Ciudad Universitaria
Ciudad Universitaria (University City), Mexico, is UNAM's main campus, located in Coyoacán borough in the southern part of Mexico City. Designed by architects Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, it encloses the Olympic Stadium, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central Library, and a few museums.
Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana
The Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana (English: National Institute of Historical Studies on the Mexican Revolution; INEHRM) is a research institute of the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education (Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública), dedicated to studying the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920).
Teatro de los Insurgentes
Teatro de los Insurgentes (English: Theater of the Insurgents) is a theater located on Mexico City's Avenida de los Insurgentes. It was built by José María Dávila in 1953 as part of President Miguel Alemán's program of urban renewal. Dávila commissioned muralist Diego Rivera to paint La historia del teatro, a visual history of the theatre in Mexico on the building's façade.
Faculty of Engineering (UNAM)
The College of Engineering (Spanish: Facultad de Ingeniería) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is one of the most prestigious engineering schools in Mexico. At the undergraduate level, it offers twelve majors and some graduate programs. In the first semester of 2008 there were over 10,900 enrolments at the licenciatura level and 1,115 postgraduate students.
Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones
The Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones (National Museum of the Interventions) is located in a former monastery, which was built on top of an Aztec shrine. The museum in split into two sections. The downstairs is dedicated to the site’s history as a monastery, and the upstairs rooms are dedicated to artifacts related to the various military conflicts that have taken place on Mexican soil and how these have shaped the modern Mexican republic.
Frida Kahlo Museum
The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as the Blue House (La Casa Azul) for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It is located in the Colonia del Carmen neighborhood of Coyoacán in Mexico City. The building was the birthplace of Kahlo and is also the home where she grew up, lived with her husband Diego Rivera for a number of years, and eventually died, in one of the rooms on the upper floor.
Leon Trotsky Museum, Mexico City
The Leon Trotsky House Museum is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City. The center of the complex is the house in which Trotsky lived with his wife from 1939 to 1940, and where the Russian dissident was murdered. The house has been kept as it was at that time, especially the study in which a Stalin supporter killed Trotsky with an ice axe to the back of the head.
Viveros de Coyoacán
Viveros de Coyoacán is a combination tree nursery and public park which covers 38.9 hectares in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City. The nursery was founded by Miguel Angel de Quevedo in the early 20th century as a way to provide seedlings for the reforestation of Mexico’s badly damaged forests, especially around Mexico City. The first lands were donated by Quevedo himself with the federal government then getting involved, allowing for the planting of 140,000 trees between 1913 and 1914 alone.
Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum
The Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum (Museo Nacional de Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo) was the first museum in the world dedicated specifically to watercolor painting. It is located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, in a former private house which was donated to the museum by the city government. It was founded and run by artist Alfredo Guati Rojo from its beginnings in 1964 until his death in 2003.
Film University
The Universidad Del Cine (UDC) (Film University) is the oldest private film university in Mexico. UDC produces almost 150 short films a year, many showing at international festivals.
Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares
Museo Nacional de las Culturas Populares (National Museum of Popular Cultures) is a museum in Mexico City dedicated to Mexico’s ethnic and cultural diversity. This diversity not only includes that of its indigenous peoples, but also those of its regions and socioeconomic strata. It was founded in 1982 by anthropologist Guillermo Bonfil Batalla at a time when the country was accepting and promoting its cultural diversity.