Madero

Madero is a neighborhood in Venustiano Carranza Borough, Mexico City and has an elevation of 2,212 metres. Madero is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia Progresista, as well as near Colonia Penitenciaría.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia Madero”
Postal code: 15370

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palacio de Lecumberri and Moctezuma 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.

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.

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.

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 3½ km northwest of Madero.