Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda
Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda is a library in Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City which is located on Plaza de la Constitución. Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda is situated nearby to the museum Museo Salón de Cabildos, as well as near the church Templo de San Bernardo.- Opening hours: Monday—Friday 8:30 AM—2:30 PM
- Type: Library
- Description: archive of the Antiguo Palacio del Ayuntamiento (Old City Hall)
- Also known as: “La Carbonera”
- Address: 2 Plaza de la Constitución, 06000
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Templo Mayor.
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 330 metres north of Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda.
Templo Mayor
Ruins
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. Templo Mayor is situated 460 metres northeast of Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda.
Museum of Mexico City
Museum
Photo: VivianaMartinez1984, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Mexico City is located at Pino Suarez 30, a few blocks south of the Zocalo, on what was the Iztapalapa Causeway, near where Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II met for the first time. Museum of Mexico City is situated 320 metres southeast of Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda.
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 west of Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda.
Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda
- Categories: media library and education
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.43153° or 19° 25′ 54″ northLongitude
-99.13399° or 99° 8′ 2″ westInception
1921Open location code
76F2CVJ8+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 10884154704OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q129267654
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In Other Languages
“Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Centro de Documentación Francisco Gamoneda”
- Spanish: “Centro Documental Francisco Gamoneda”
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