Valle de Madero

Valle de Madero is a locality in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,273 metres. Valle de Madero is situated nearby to the locality Cinco de Mayo, as well as near the neighborhood Colonia del Bosque.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tenayuca and Santa Cecilia Acatitlan.

Tenayuca

Archaeological site

Photo: Maunus, Public domain.

Tenayuca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco. Tenayuca is situated 3½ km southwest of Valle de Madero.

Santa Cecilia Acatitlan

Park

Photo: Gargancio, Public domain.

Acatitlan is an archeological zone of the early Aztec culture located in the town of Santa Cecilia, in the municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz in the State of Mexico, about 10 km northwest of Mexico City. Santa Cecilia Acatitlan is situated 3½ km west of Valle de Madero.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Villa de Guadalupe and Azcapotzalco.

La Villa de Guadalupe

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

La Villa de Guadalupe is in the northern part of Mexico City, part of the delegación of Gustavo A. Madero. It is home to the Basílica de Guadalupe complex at the base of Tepeyac Hill, perhaps Roman Catholicism's holiest site in Latin America.

Azcapotzalco

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Azcapotzalco is a district in northwestern Mexico City. Visitors to Mexico City are most likely to come to this area for events at the Arena de Ciudad de Mexico or to visit its well-known parks.