Mercado San Joaquín

Mercado San Joaquín is a marketplace in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Mercado San Joaquín is situated nearby to the park Jardín Cuatro Vientos, as well as near the church Iglesia Hefzi-ba.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monumento a la Raza and La Raza metro station.

Monumento a la Raza

Monument

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The Monumento a la Raza is a 50-meter high pyramid in northern Mexico City. It stands at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes, Circuito Interior and Calzada Vallejo, within the Cuauhtémoc borough. Monumento a la Raza is situated 380 metres northwest of Mercado San Joaquín.

La Raza metro station

Metro station

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La Raza metro station is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the borough of Gustavo A. Madero, in Mexico City. The station features a combination of underground and at-grade buildings; each has two side platforms. La Raza metro station is situated 670 metres north of Mercado San Joaquín.

Tlatelolco

Museum

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Tlatelolco is an archaeological excavation site in Mexico City, Mexico, where remains of the pre-Columbian city-state of the same name have been found. Tlatelolco is situated 1¼ km south of Mercado San Joaquín.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia Santa María Insurgentes and Tlatelolco.

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes

Neighborhood

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the Mexico City's historic center. The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west.

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.