Teatro de la Ciudad
The Teatro de la Ciudad was built as the Teatro Esperanza Iris in 1918 and is now one of Mexico City’s public venues for cultural events. The theater is located in the historic center of Mexico City on Donceles Street 36.Photo: liveu4, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: theater in Mexico City
- Also known as: “Teatro Esperanza Iris”
- Address: 36 Donceles, Ciudad de México
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio Legislativo de Donceles and Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Palacio Legislativo de Donceles
Public building
Photo: EdwinDlacruz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palacio Legislativo de Donceles is a public building.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. Palacio de Bellas Artes is situated 450 metres west of Teatro de la Ciudad.
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Church
Photo: Nan Palmero, CC BY 2.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral is situated 500 metres southeast of Teatro de la Ciudad.
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.
Colonia Juárez
Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
Colonia Juárez is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east. Colonia Juárez is situated 2½ km southwest of Teatro de la Ciudad.
Teatro de la Ciudad
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.43671° or 19° 26′ 12″ northLongitude
-99.13723° or 99° 8′ 14″ westElevation
2,244 metres (7,362 feet)Operator
Coordinación del Sistema de Teatros de la Ciudad de MéxicoOpen location code
76F2CVP7+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 217321083OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
11609483Wikidata ID
Q7691977
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Teatro de la Ciudad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسرح المدينة”
- Catalan: “Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris”
- Czech: “Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris”
- Czech: “Teatro de la Ciudad”
- Czech: “Teatro Esperanza Iris”
- Italian: “Teatro de la Ciudad”
- Serbian: “Teatro de la Sijudad”
- Slovak: “Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris”
- Slovak: “Teatro de la Ciudad”
- Slovak: “Teatro Esperanza Iris”
- Spanish: “Teatro de la Ciudad “Esperanza Iris””
- Spanish: “Teatro de la Ciudad de México”
- Spanish: “Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris”
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