Chapultepec aqueduct
The Chapultepec aqueduct was built to provide potable water to Tenochtitlan, now known as Mexico City. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Triple Aztec Alliance empire.Photo: Martiktoluca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapultepec and Angel of Independence.
Chapultepec
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapultepec is Mexico City's principal park, "the green lung of the city". This hill has been important throughout the city's history as the perch of fortresses and palaces, and the manicured forest surrounding it now holds many of Mexico's greatest cultural treasures.
Angel of Independence
Photo: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Angel of Independence, most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City. Angel of Independence is situated 490 metres north of Chapultepec aqueduct.
Diana the Huntress Fountain
Fountain
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Huntress Diana Fountain is a sculpture situated within the roundabout at the intersection of Paseo de la Reforma and Río Misisipí and Sevilla streets, on the border of the Colonia Cuauhtémoc and Colonia Juárez neighborhoods in Mexico City. Diana the Huntress Fountain is situated 490 metres northwest of Chapultepec aqueduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Seoul and Zona Rosa.
Little Seoul
Neighborhood
Pequeño Seúl is a Koreatown in Mexico City. Most of the city's Korean population lives in and around the Zona Rosa. According to the newspaper Reforma, there are at least 5,000 Koreans living in Zona Rosa and about 6,000 total in Colonia Juárez, the larger officially recognized neighborhood of which the Zona Rosa is a part of.
Zona Rosa
Photo: Virtual Raider, CC BY 2.0.
Zona Rosa is a business and entertainment district near the center of Mexico City. It is one of the city's most touristy areas, filled with hotels, dance clubs, restaurants, bars and live bands.
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.
Chapultepec aqueduct
- Type: Fountain
- Description: monument in Mexico City, Mexico
- Categories: monument, aqueduct, tourism, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.42262° or 19° 25′ 21″ northLongitude
-99.16782° or 99° 10′ 4″ westOpen location code
76F2CRFJ+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1211970334OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
historic=aqueductOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5073555
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Chapultepec aqueduct” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “查普尔特佩克堤道”
- Chinese: “查普爾特佩克堤道”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chapultepec-akvedukten”
- Norwegian: “Chapultepec-akvedukten”
- Russian: “Чапультепекский акведук”
- Spanish: “Acueducto de chapultepec”
- Spanish: “Acueducto de Chapultepec”
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