Mercado de Sonora
Mercado de Sonora is a city-established traditional market, located just southeast of the historic center of Mexico City in the Colonia Merced Balbuena neighborhood.Photo: Maurice Marcellin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Marketplace
- Description: market in the historic center of Mexico City
- Address: Sur 79
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Comandante Leonardo del Frago and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
Comandante Leonardo del Frago
Fire station
Comandante Leonardo del Frago is a fire station, which is situated 110 metres west of Mercado de Sonora.
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 1½ km northwest of Mercado de Sonora.
La Merced Market
Marketplace
Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The La Merced Market is a traditional public market located in the eastern edge of the historic center of Mexico City and is the largest retail traditional food market in the entire city. La Merced Market is situated 490 metres north of Mercado de Sonora.
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 3½ km north of Mercado de Sonora.
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 3½ km west of Mercado de Sonora.
Mercado de Sonora
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.42195° or 19° 25′ 19″ northLongitude
-99.12469° or 99° 7′ 29″ westOpen location code
76F2CVCG+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1163990587OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=marketplaceWikidata ID
Q5548562
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Spanish—“Mercado de Sonora” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “שוק סונורה”
- Japanese: “ソノラ市場”
- Spanish: “Mercado de los animales”
- Spanish: “Mercado de los brujos”
- Spanish: “Mercado de Sonora”
- Spanish: “Mercado Sonora”
- Spanish: “Merced Baños”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include La Concepción Ixnahualtongo and Alberca.
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