The House of Tiles
The House of Tiles is a museum in Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City which is located on Callejón Condesa. The House of Tiles is situated nearby to the park Atrio del Templo de San Francisco, as well as near the church Templo Expiatorio Nacional de San Felipe de Jesús.- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Casa de los Azulejos”
- Address: 4 Callejón Condesa, 06000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Casa de los Azulejos.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Theater building
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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 170 metres northwest of The House of Tiles.
Casa de los Azulejos
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Casa de los Azulejos or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Mexico City, built by the Count of the Valle de Orizaba family.
Palace of Iturbide
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The Palace of Iturbide is a large palatial residence located in the historic center of Mexico City at Madero Street #17. It was built by the Count of San Mateo Valparaíso as a wedding gift for his daughter. Palace of Iturbide is situated 150 metres southeast of The House of Tiles.
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.
Colonia Juárez
Neighborhood
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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.
The House of Tiles
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.43426° or 19° 26′ 3″ northLongitude
-99.1403° or 99° 8′ 25″ westOpen location code
76F2CVM5+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6081141104OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
“The House of Tiles” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “青いタイルの家”
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