La Merced Market

The La Merced Market is a traditional public market located in the eastern edge of the and is the largest retail traditional food market in the entire city.
Wikipedia
Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Marketplace
  • Description: traditional food market in Mexico City
  • Also known as: “La Merced Market, Mexico City” and “Mercado La Merced”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Merced metro station.

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 , is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. is situated 1¼ km northwest of La Merced Market.

Metro station
Photo: MSAAPS 19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merced is an underground station on Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough, slightly to the east of the centre of . is situated 190 metres southwest of La Merced Market.

Arts center
Photo: Mexch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located in the La Merced neighborhood of the . The building dates back to either the 16th or early 17th century and was the home of the Marquis de Aguayo. is situated 420 metres northwest of La Merced Market.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The old city center or Histórico of , 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.

Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the . 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. is situated 3 km northwest of La Merced Market.

Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . 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. is situated 3½ km west of La Merced Market.

La Merced Market

Latitude
19.42629° or 19° 25′ 35″ north
Longitude
-99.12387° or 99° 7′ 26″ west
Open location code
76F2CVGG+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1163990583
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­marketplace
Wiki­data ID
Q3377015
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“La Merced Market” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوق لا ميرسيد”
  • Catalan: “Mercado de la Merced”
  • Czech: “La Merced”
  • Hungarian: “Mercado de la Merced”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mercado de La Merced”
  • Norwegian: “Mercado de La Merced”
  • Spanish: “Mercado de la Merced”
  • Spanish: “Mercado de La Merced”

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Highlights include Santo Tomás de Palma and Mercado de Flores.

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