Liberación

Liberación is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,240 metres. Liberación is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia Aldama, as well as near Patrimonio Familiar.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia Liberación” and “Liberacion”
Postal code: 02930

Places of Interest

Highlights include Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos No. 6 ‘Miguel Othón de Mendizábal’ and Monumento a la Raza.

Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos No. 6 ‘Miguel Othón de Mendizábal’

Forest

Photo: E Zorro1000, CC0.

Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos No. 6 ‘Miguel Othón de Mendizábal’ is a forest.

Monumento a la Raza

Monument

Photo: Tbhotch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Monumento a la Raza is a 50-meter high pyramid in northern Mexico City. It stands at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes, Circuito Interior and Calzada Vallejo, within the Cuauhtémoc borough.

La Raza metro station

Metro station

Photo: JEDIKNIGHT1970, CC BY-SA 2.5.

La Raza metro station is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the borough of Gustavo A. Madero, in Mexico City. The station features a combination of underground and at-grade buildings; each has two side platforms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia Santa María Insurgentes and Tlatelolco.

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes

Neighborhood

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the Mexico City's historic center. The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west.

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 2½ km southeast of Liberación.