Biblioteca Vasconcelos

Biblioteca Vasconcelos, also known as the Megabiblioteca by the press, is a library in the Buenavista neighborhood of . It is dedicated to José Vasconcelos, the philosopher and former president of the .
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—7:30 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: public library of Mexico City
  • Also known as: “Jose Vasconcelos Bibliothek”, “José Vasconcelos Bibliothek”, “Jose Vasconcelos Library”, and “Vasconcelos Library”
  • Address: s/n Mosqueta, 06350

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buenavista railway station and Tianguis Cultural del Chopo.

Railway station
Photo: Drkgk, CC0.
Buenavista is a commuter railway station in . The station provided intercity train services from Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Since June 2008, the station serves as the terminus of the Tren Suburbano commuter rail service. is situated 110 metres west of Biblioteca Vasconcelos.

Marketplace
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, Public domain.
The is a Saturday flea market near downtown , known locally as El Chopo. It is named after its original location which was near the , an Art Nouveau building with a couple of towers designed by Bruno Möhring. is situated 190 metres northeast of Biblioteca Vasconcelos.

Metro station
Photo: Tbhotch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buenavista is a station on the Mexico City Metro, in the Colonia Buenavista neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough. It is the southwestern terminal station of Line B. is situated 200 metres southwest of Biblioteca Vasconcelos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tlatelolco and Colonia Santa María Insurgentes.

Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the . Its inhabitants, known as the Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century.

Neighborhood
is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the . The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west.

Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east.

Biblioteca Vasconcelos

Latitude
19.44735° or 19° 26′ 51″ north
Longitude
-99.15096° or 99° 9′ 3″ west
Elevation
2,238 metres (7,343 feet)
Operator
Secretaría de Cultura
Open location code
76F2CRWX+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 153883455
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6957089
Wiki­data ID
Q6294156
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Biblioteca Vasconcelos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • Arabic: “مكتبة خوسيه فاسكونسيلوس”
  • Arabic: “مكتبة فاسكونسيلوس”
  • Armenian: “Խոսե Վասկոնսելոսի գրադարան”
  • Basque: “Jose Vasconcelos Liburutegia”
  • Basque: “José Vasconcelos Liburutegia”
  • Bengali: “হোসে ভাসকনসেলোস লাইব্রেরি”
  • Breton: “Levraoueg Vasconcelos”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека „Васконселос“”
  • Burmese: “Jose Vasconcelos စာကြည့်တိုက်”
  • Burmese: “José Vasconcelos စာကြည့်တိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • Catalan: “La ‘megabiblioteca’ de Mèxic”
  • Chinese: “巴斯孔塞洛斯图书馆”
  • Chinese: “巴斯孔塞洛斯圖書館”
  • Croatian: “Knjižnica Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Croatian: “Knjižnica José Vasconcelos”
  • Czech: “Knihovna Jose Vasconcelose”
  • Czech: “Knihovna José Vasconcelose”
  • Danish: “Jose Vasconcelos bibliotek”
  • Danish: “José Vasconcelos bibliotek”
  • Dutch: “Jose Vasconcelos Bibliotheek”
  • Dutch: “José Vasconcelos Bibliotheek”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko Vasconcelos”
  • Estonian: “Jose Vasconcelose raamatukogu”
  • Estonian: “José Vasconcelose raamatukogu”
  • Finnish: “Jose Vasconcelos -kirjasto”
  • Finnish: “José Vasconcelos -kirjasto”
  • French: “Bibliothèque José Vasconcelos”
  • French: “bibliothèque Vasconcelos”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Vasconcelos”
  • German: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • German: “José-Vasconcelos-Bibliothek”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη José Vasconcelos”
  • Gujarati: “જોસ વાસ્કોનસેલોસ લાઇબ્રેરી”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית וסקונסלוס”
  • Hungarian: “José Vasconcelos Könyvtár”
  • Hungarian: “Vasconcelos Könyvtár”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan José Vasconcelos”
  • Irish: “Leabharlann Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Irish: “Leabharlann José Vasconcelos”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca José Vasconcelos”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • Japanese: “ヴァスコンセロス図書館（アルベルト・カラチ）”
  • Japanese: “バスコンセロス図書館”
  • Japanese: “ホセ・ヴァスコンセロス図書館”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋಸ್ ವಾಸ್ಕೊನ್ಸೆಲೋಸ್ ಲೈಬ್ರರಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Хосе Васконселос кітапханасы”
  • Kirghiz: “Хосе Васконселос китепканасы”
  • Macedonian: “Библиотека „„Хосе Васконселос““”
  • Macedonian: “Библиотека „Васконселос“”
  • Malay: “Perpustakaan Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Malay: “Perpustakaan José Vasconcelos”
  • Malayalam: “ജോസ് വാസ്‌കോൺസെലോസ് ലൈബ്രറി”
  • Marathi: “जोस व्हॅस्कॉन्सेलॉस लायब्ररी”
  • Marathi: “जोसे व्हॅस्कोनसेलोस लायब्ररी”
  • Mongolian: “Хосе Васконселосын номын сан”
  • Norwegian: “Jose Vasconcelos bibliotek”
  • Norwegian: “José Vasconcelos bibliotek”
  • Polish: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca José Vasconcelos”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca José Vasconcelos”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Басконелос”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Васконелос”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Васконселос”
  • Russian: “Библиотека им. Хосе Васконелоса”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Хозе Васконселоса”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Хосе Васконселоса”
  • Slovak: “Knižnica Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Slovak: “Knižnica José Vasconcelos”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca José Vasconcelos”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional José Vasconcelos”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • Tajik: “Китобхонаи Хосе Васконселос”
  • Tamil: “ஜோஸ் வாஸ்கோன்செலோஸ் நூலகம்”
  • Telugu: “జోస్ వాస్కోన్సెలోస్ లైబ్రరీ”
  • Thai: “ห้องสมุดโฮเซ่ วาสคอนเซลอส”
  • Thai: “หอสมุดบัสกอนเซโลส”
  • Turkish: “Jose Vasconcelos Kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Vasconcelos Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Хосе Васконселоса”
  • Uzbek: “Biblioteca Vasconcelos”
  • Uzbek: “Vasconcelos kutubxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện José Vasconcelos”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Jose Vasconcelos”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell José Vasconcelos”
  • Xhosa: “Ithala leencwadi likaJose Vasconcelos”
  • Xhosa: “Ithala leencwadi likaJosé Vasconcelos”

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