Santa Escuela
Santa Escuela is a chapel in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Santa Escuela is situated nearby to Jesus Nazareno Church, historic center of Mexico City, as well as near Hospital de Jesus.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Mexico City and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
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 130 metres east of Santa Escuela.
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 610 metres north of Santa Escuela.
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 2½ km north of Santa Escuela.
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 Santa Escuela.
Santa Escuela
- Type: Chapel
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.42892° or 19° 25′ 44″ northLongitude
-99.13336° or 99° 8′ 0″ westOpen location code
76F2CVH8+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1081655668OpenStreetMap feature
building=chapel
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hospital de Jesus and Plaza Primo de Verdad.
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