Escuela de Tiro

Escuela de Tiro is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,238 metres. Escuela de Tiro is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia Penitenciaría, as well as near Madero.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia Escuela de tiro”
Postal code: 15380

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palacio de Lecumberri and San Lázaro metro station.

Palacio de Lecumberri

Public building

Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Palacio de Lecumberri is a large building, formerly a prison, in the northeast of Mexico City, Mexico, which now houses the General National Archive.

San Lázaro metro station

Metro station

Photo: GAED, Public domain.

San Lázaro is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and B. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.

Moctezuma metro station

Railway station

Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Moctezuma is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Moctezuma and Colonia Balbuena neighborhoods of the Venustiano Carranza borough, to the northeast of the centre of Mexico City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

Centro

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The old city center or Centro Histórico of Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de la Constitución, has been the heart of the nation since Aztec times. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.

Tlatelolco

Quarter

Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.

Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the Valley of Mexico. 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. Tlatelolco is situated 3 km northwest of Escuela de Tiro.