Emilio Carranza
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Ciudad de México - Mexico

Palacio de Lecumberri

The Palacio de Lecumberri is a large building, formerly a prison, in the northeast of Mexico City, Mexico, which now houses the General National Archive (Archivo General de la Nación). Known in popular culture as The Black Palace of Lecumberri, it served as a penitentiary from 1900 to 1976. It was inaugurated by President Porfirio Díaz. The inspiration and design of the Palacio is by Miguel S.

Located at 19.4364, -99.1131 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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1900 in Mexico, 1980 in Mexico, Palaces in Mexico, Buildings and structures in Mexico City, Porfiriato, Modern Mexico

Metro Tepito

Tepito is a station of the Metro B line located north of the center of México City in the barrio Tepito in the Colonia Morelos district of the Cuauhtémoc delegation. The station's logo represents a boxing glove. Many Mexican boxers were born and raised in Tepito, like Rubén Olivares "El Púas" ("spikes"). Today, Tepito is an infamous zone in Mexico City, due to the high level of drug trafficking, counterfeiting, and violent crime. The station was opened on 15 December 1999.

Located at 19.4425, -99.1233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1999

Metro Consulado

Metro Consulado is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located between Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza boroughs, in the north of Mexico City. The station logo depicts the transverse section of a water duct, and refers to a river encased in a duct that runs under nearby Avenida Río Consulado. Consulado is a transfer station, linking Lines 4 and 5.

Located at 19.4579, -99.1139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1981

Metro Morelos

Morelos is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Venustiano Carranza borough, in the north of Mexico City. The station logo depicts the profile of José María Morelos y Pavón, second instigator of the War of Independence of 1810. Its name refers to the neighborhood which it serves. This station has a peculiar feature; it is the only one that has two different logos: one, the profile of Morelos shown above; the other, a ¾-view of him.

Located at 19.439, -99.1183 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations

Tepito

Tepito is a barrio located in Colonia Morelos in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City bordered by Avenida del Trabajo, Paseo de la Reforma, Eje 1 and Eje 2. Most of the neighborhood is taken up by the colorful tianguis or open-air market. Tepito's economy has been linked to tianguis or traditional open air markets since pre-Hispanic times.

Located at 19.4463, -99.1279 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City, Retail markets in Mexico

Plaza de las Tres Culturas

The Plaza de las Tres Culturas ("Square of the Three Cultures") is the main square within the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of Mexico City. The name "Three Cultures" is in recognition of the three periods of Mexican history reflected by those buildings pre-Columbian, Spanish colonial, and the independent "mestizo" nation. The plaza, designed by Mexican architect and urbanist Mario Pani, was completed in 1966.

Located at 19.4511, -99.1372 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Plazas in Mexico City, Landmarks in Mexico City

Metro Canal del Norte

Metro Canal del Norte is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in the north of Mexico City. The station logo depicts the transverse section of Canal del Norte (Northern Channel) a water way that connected Mexico City with La Villa in the colonial era. The station is located near Congreso de la Unión Avenue, and serves the Colonia Janitzio and Colonia Ampliación Michoacana neighborhoods. The station was opened on 29 August 1981.

Located at 19.4491, -99.1165 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1981

Metro Valle Gómez

Metro Valle Gómez is a station along the Line 5 of the metro of Mexico City. The logo represents an agave plant, symbol of a pasture land that was nearby named La Vaquita, where lots of agave plants would grow. The station was opened on 1 July 1982.

Located at 19.4587, -99.1193 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1982

Metro Eduardo Molina

Metro Eduardo Molina (Spanish: Estación Eduardo Molina) is a station on Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro. It is a surface station that lies within the median of Avenida Río Consulado. It serves the Colonia Malinche and Colonia 20 de Noviembre neighborhoods of Mexico City. The station was opened on 19 December 1981. Its logo represents a part of the masterpiece El Agua, Origen de la Vida (The water, origin of life) by Diego Rivera. It represents two hands taking water.

Located at 19.4514, -99.1054 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.811 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1981

Metro Lagunilla

Lagunilla is a station along Line B of the Mexico City Metro located north of the center of Mexico City, near the famous market with the same name (next to and used interchangeably with Tepito). The logo for the station is a wild duck. The station was opened on 15 December 1999. \t\t \t\t\tMercadoLagunillaBldgDF. JPG \t\t\t A small portion of the La Lagunilla market for which the station is named

Located at 19.4434, -99.1313 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1999

Battle of Tlatelolco

The Battle of Tlatelolco was an attack in 1473 on the Mexica altepetl of Tlatelolco by Tenochtitlan and its allies. It resulted in a Tenochca victory, and the deaths of Moquihuixtli, tlatoani ("ruler" or "king") of Tlatelolco and Xilomantzin, tlatoani of Culhuacan, who had conspired to conquer Tenochtitlan.

Located at 19.4511, -99.1375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Battles involving Tlatelolco, Battles involving Tenochtitlan, Conflicts in 1473

Tlatelolco (archaeological site)

Tlatelolco is an archaeological excavation site in Mexico City, Mexico where remains of the pre-Columbian city-state of the same name have been found. It is centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec site, a seventeenth-century church called the Templo de Santiago, and the modern office complex of the foreign ministry.

Located at 19.4511, -99.1375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Aztec sites, Archaeological sites in Mexico, Mass graves, Former populated places in Mexico, 2009 archaeological discoveries

Santo Domingo (Mexico City)

Santo Domingo in Mexico City refers to the Church of Santo Domingo and its Plaza, also called Santo Domingo. Both are located three blocks north of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral following Republica de Brasil Street with Belisario Dominguez Street separating the two.

Located at 19.4384, -99.1337 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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History of Mexico City, Landmarks in Mexico City, Churches in Mexico City, Roman Catholic churches in Mexico, Colonial Mexico, Mexican art, Baroque architecture in Mexico, Spanish Colonial architecture in Mexico

San Ildefonso College

The San Ildefonso College currently is a museum and cultural center in Mexico City, considered to be the birthplace of the Mexican muralism movement. San Ildefonso began as a prestigious Jesuit boarding school, and after the Reform War, it gained educational prestige again as National Preparatory School. This school and the building closed completely in 1978, then reopened as a museum and cultural center in 1994.

Located at 19.4361, -99.1307 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Museums in Mexico City, History museums in Mexico, Defunct schools in Mexico, Contemporary art galleries in Mexico, Art museums established in 1994, Buildings and structures in Mexico City, Roman Catholic Church in Mexico, Landmarks in Mexico City, Educational institutions established in the 1580s, Educational institutions disestablished in 1978, Boarding schools in Mexico, Roman Catholic schools in Mexico, 1588 establishments in Mexico, 1978 disestablishments in Mexico, 1994 establishments in Mexico, Colonial Mexico, Baroque architecture in Mexico, Spanish Colonial architecture in Mexico

Nuestra Señora de Loreto Church

The Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Our Lady of Loreto) Church in the historic center of Mexico City was the last major church constructed during the colonial period. Constructed between 1806 and 1819, the church tilts significantly to one side due to being constructed of stone of two different weights. Loreto is one of a number of churches in the historic district that the Archdiocese of Mexico says is in imminent danger of being lost due to structural damage from the uneven sinking.

Located at 19.4363, -99.1276 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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1800s architecture, Landmarks in Mexico City, Roman Catholic churches in Mexico, Churches in Mexico City, History of Mexico City, 19th century in Mexico, Colonial Mexico, Spanish Colonial architecture in Mexico, Mexican architecture, Neoclassical architecture in Mexico, Baroque architecture

San Pedro y San Pablo College (Museum of Light)

The San Pedro y San Pablo College complex has seen a lot of changes since it was built in late 16th and early 17th centuries, and today the church portion of the complex is home to the Museo de la Luz (Museum of Light) sponsored by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. While only the former church houses the museum, the old school complex stretches along San Ildefonso Street ending at Republica de Venezuela Street.

Located at 19.4366, -99.1293 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Museums in Mexico City, Art museums and galleries in Mexico, Neoclassical architecture in Mexico, Spanish Colonial architecture in Mexico, Science museums in Mexico

Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market, Mexico City

The Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market is a traditional public market located in the historic center of Mexico City, northeast of the main plaza, or Zocalo. It was built in 1934 as a prototype for a more modern marketplace and has a number of unusual features such as day care and an auditorium. However, the markets most distinctive feature is the approximately 1,450 square meters of wall and ceiling space covered in murals.

Located at 19.4371, -99.1278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Retail markets in Mexico City, Art Deco architecture in Mexico, Art Nouveau architecture

Tlaxcala House, Mexico City

The Tlaxcala House is located at 40 San Ildefonso Street in the historic center of Mexico City. It is an example of a typical middle class home of the 18th century, meant that its style is somewhere between the mansions of the wealthy and the houses of the commoners of the time. The outer facade has two levels, with most of the surface covered in tezontle, a blood-red volcanic stone, with chiluca, a grayish white stone, to frame windows and doors.

Located at 19.4365, -99.1305 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Landmarks in Mexico City, Buildings and structures in Mexico City, 18th-century architecture, Houses in Mexico

Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters

The Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters building is on the northeast corner of San Ildefonso and Republica de Argentina streets in the historic center of Mexico City, and used to be part of the largest and most sumptuous convents in New Spain. It was secularized in the 19th century and then taken over by the then-new Secretariat of Public Education after the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century.

Located at 19.4365, -99.1315 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Mexico City

Colonia Exhipódromo de Peralvillo

Colonia Exhipodromo del Peralvillo is a colonia or neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, located north of the historic center. It is part of an area of the city that is noted for crime and lower income residents. One area of the colonia around Calzado de la Ronda is noted for stored selling used auto parts, frequently from stolen cars.

Located at 19.457, -99.1336 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

Colonia Felipe Pescador

Colonia Felipe Pescador is a colonia or neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It is located at the northern end of the borough, north of the historic center of the city. The boundaries of the colonia are marked by the following streets: Eje 1 Oriente, Avenida Ferrocarril and Calzada de Guadalupe to the west, Eje 1 Boleo on the east, Calle de Hierro to the north and Eje 2 Norte Canal del Norte to the south. The area used to be part of Colonia Maza before it separated.

Located at 19.4539, -99.1272 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

Colonia Maza

Colonia Maza is a colonia or official neighborhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough just north of the historic center of Mexico City. The colonia’s borders are marked by the following streets: Calle Hierro, Eje 1 Oriente and Avenida FF. CC. Hidalgo to the north, Calzada de Guadalupe to the west and Calle de Acero to the south.

Located at 19.4553, -99.1272 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

Colonia Morelos

Colonia Morelos is a colonia located just north of the historic center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc borough. It has been a poor area since Aztec times, with many residents today living in large tenements called vecindades. The area, particularly the Tepito neighborhood, is known for crime, especially the sale of stolen merchandise and drugs. It is home to the very large Tepito tianguis or market, and also has two major places of worship dedicated to Santa Muerte.

Located at 19.4473, -99.1255 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

Colonia Valle Gómez

Colonia Valle Gómez is a colonia or neighborhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, just north of the city’s historic center. The boundaries of the colonia are marked by the following streets: Ferrocarril Hidalgo to the east, Calzada de Guadalupe to the west, Río Consulado to the north and Platino Street to the south.

Located at 19.457, -99.1189 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.812 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

La Lagunilla Market, Mexico City

La Lagunilla Market is a traditional public market in Mexico City, located about ten blocks north of the city’s main plaza, in a neighborhood called La Lagunilla. The market is one of the largest in the city and consists of three sections: one for clothing, one for furniture and one for foodstuffs, mostly selling to lower income customers. The market is surrounded by small stores and street vendors, many specializing in furniture and dresses and other needs for formal occasions.

Located at 19.443, -99.1362 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.813 miles away.
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Retail markets in Mexico City