Zoológico el Centenario

Zoológico el Centenario is a zoo in Mérida Municipality, Yucatán. Zoológico el Centenario is situated nearby to the museum Museo de Historia Natural.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo de Historia Natural and Mérida Mexico Temple.

Museo de Historia Natural

Museum

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Museo de Historia Natural is a museum, which is situated 280 metres northeast of Zoológico el Centenario.

The Mérida Mexico Temple is the 92nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is located in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The intent to build the temple was announced on September 25, 1998, by the First Presidency. Mérida Mexico Temple is situated 1 km east of Zoológico el Centenario.

Cathedral of Mérida, Yucatán

Church

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The Mérida Cathedral in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, is one of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas. Cathedral of Mérida, Yucatán is situated 2 km east of Zoológico el Centenario.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mérida and Tixcacal.

Mérida

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A short distance — yet seemingly a world away — from the rowdy, touristy beach resorts of Cancún and Cozumel that make up the Yucatán of cliché, Mérida is the cultural center of southern Mexico, boasting a panoply of excellent museums and attractions, a vibrant street life, and a wealth of historic colonial-era architecture that's second only to Mexico City on the national scene.