Miguel Hidalgo

Miguel Hidalgo is a neighborhood in Venustiano Carranza Borough, Mexico City and has an elevation of 2,211 metres. Miguel Hidalgo is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia Progresista, as well as near Madero.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia Miguel Hidalgo”
Postal code: 15470

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palacio de Lecumberri and Ricardo Flores Magón 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.

Ricardo Flores Magón metro station

Metro station

Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.

Ricardo Flores Magón is an elevated station on Line B of the Mexico City Metro system. The logo for the station shows a portrait of Ricardo Flores Magón. The station was opened on 15 December 1999.

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 3½ km northwest of Miguel Hidalgo.