Parque Lineal Gran Canal

Parque Lineal Gran Canal is a park in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Parque Lineal Gran Canal is situated nearby to the park Plaza Civica y Recreativa Progresista, as well as near the community center PILARES Rita Guerrero.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palacio de Lecumberri and Ricardo Flores Magón metro station.

Palacio de Lecumberri

Public building

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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. Palacio de Lecumberri is situated 670 metres west of Parque Lineal Gran Canal.

Ricardo Flores Magón metro station

Metro station

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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. Ricardo Flores Magón metro station is situated 350 metres east of Parque Lineal Gran Canal.

Moctezuma metro station

Railway station

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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. Moctezuma metro station is situated 1¼ km south of Parque Lineal Gran Canal.

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. Tlatelolco is situated 3½ km northwest of Parque Lineal Gran Canal.