Plaza de las Tres Culturas

The Plaza de las Tres Culturas is the main square within the Tlatelolco neighborhood of . The name "Three Cultures" is in recognition of the three periods of Mexican history reflected by buildings in the square: pre-Columbian, Spanish colonial, and the independent nation.
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  • Area
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,237 metres (7,339 feet)
  • …is also known as “Square of the Three Cultures”
  • Description: square in Mexico City

Places of Interest

Highlights include Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
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is a museum.
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the…
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The is a prominent cultural center in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tlatelolco and Colonia Santa María Insurgentes.
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was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the .
is a colonia in the…
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The old city center or Histórico…

Plaza de las Tres Culturas

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Latitude
19.4511° or 19° 27′ 4″ north
Longitude
-99.1372° or 99° 8′ 14″ west
Open location code
76F2FV27+C4
Geo­Names ID
6957085
Wiki­data ID
Q1851912

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Plaza de las Tres Culturas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة الحضارات الثلاثة”
  • Armenian: “Երեք մշակույթների հրապարակ”
  • Basque: “Hiru Kulturen plaza”
  • Catalan: “plaça de les Tres Cultures”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de les Tres Cultures”
  • Chinese: “三种文化广场”
  • Chinese: “三種文化廣場”
  • Chinese: “特拉特洛尔科广场”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Tří kultur”
  • Dutch: “Plaza de las Tres Culturas”
  • Dutch: “Plein van de Drie Culturen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الحضارات التلاته”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de la Tri Kulturoj”
  • French: “place des Trois Cultures”
  • French: “Place des Trois Cultures”
  • German: “Plaza de las Tres Culturas”
  • German: “Plaza de Tlatelolco”
  • Hindi: “प्लासा दे लास त्रेस कुल्तुरास”
  • Italian: “piazza delle tre culture”
  • Italian: “Piazza delle tre culture”
  • Japanese: “三文化広場”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De tre kulturers plass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaza de la Tres Culturas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaza de las Tres Culturas”
  • Norwegian: “Plaza de las Tres Culturas”
  • Portuguese: “Plaza de las Tres Culturas”
  • Portuguese: “Praça das Três Culturas”
  • Russian: “Площадь Трёх культур”
  • Russian: “Площадь Трёх Культур”
  • Spanish: “FICUNAM”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de las Tres Culturas”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de las Tres Culturas and Mi Museo Indígena.

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