La Estrella
La Estrella is a locality in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,240 metres. La Estrella is situated nearby to the locality Aragón La Villa, as well as near the neighborhood Tres Estrellas.Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Tepeyac.
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Church
Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe is a basilica of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invocation of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at the foot of the Hill of Tepeyac in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City.
Tepeyac
Peak
Photo: Eneas De Troya, CC BY 2.0.
Tepeyac or the Hill of Tepeyac, historically known by the names Tepeyacac and Tepeaquilla, is located inside Gustavo A. Madero, the northernmost Alcaldía or borough of Mexico City.
Museo de los Ferrocarrileros
Museum
Photo: Octavio Alonso Maya …, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museo de los Ferrocarrileros is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guadalupe Tepeyac and La Villa de Guadalupe.
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.
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 3½ km southwest of La Estrella.
La Estrella
- Type: Locality
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.47433° or 19° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-99.11728° or 99° 7′ 2″ westElevation
2,240 metres (7,349 feet)Open location code
76F2FVFM+P3GeoNames ID
11562923
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“La Estrella” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “La Estrella”
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