Mercado Chino

Mercado Chino is a shopping center in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Mercado Chino is situated nearby to the shopping center Pasaje Metro Tepito, as well as near the marketplace Mercado De Zapatos Granaditas Tepito.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Museo Nacional Numismático.

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

Church

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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 1 km southwest of Mercado Chino.

Museo Nacional Numismático

Museum

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Museo Nacional Numismático is a museum, which is situated 380 metres southwest of Mercado Chino.

Templo Mayor

Ruins

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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 1 km south of Mercado Chino.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

Centro

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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.