Escandón

Escandón is one of the colonias of that were founded at the beginning of the 19th century on crop terrains that were formerly part of Hacienda de la Condesa, belonging to Condesa de Miravalle.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Mexico City colonia
  • Also known as: Colonia Escandón

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapultepec and Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros.

is a district of . "Chapultepec" means "Grasshopper Hill" in Nahuatl, the language of the "Aztecs". The hill and surrounding district has much significance in Mexican history.

Theater building
The is a cultural, political and social facility located in as part of the . It was designed and decorated by David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1960s and hosts the largest mural work in the world called La Marcha de la Humanidad.

Museum
, also known as Casa Luis Barragán, is the former residence of architect Luis Barragán in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tacubaya and Del Valle.

Neighborhood
is a working-class area of in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo. The colonia and adjacent areas in other colonias are collectively referred to as . sección II, Observatorio, Daniel Garza, and Ampliación Daniel Garza are also considered part of .

Avenida Insurgentes runs south of the central downtown areas cutting through two large, mostly residential neighborhoods: Colonia and Narvarte.

The district of is a residential and restaurant area on both sides of Insurgentes avenue between Viaducto Miguel Alemán in the south and Avenida Chapultepec in the north.

Escandón

Latitude
19.40046° or 19° 24′ 2″ north
Longitude
-99.17736° or 99° 10′ 39″ west
Elevation
2,250 metres (7,382 feet)
Open location code
76F2CR2F+53
Geo­Names ID
7280716
Wiki­data ID
Q5777746
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Escandón” goes by many names.

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