La Merced

La Merced is a metro station in , . La Merced is situated nearby to the marketplace , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include La Merced Market and Merced metro station.

Marketplace
The is a traditional public market located in the eastern edge of the and is the largest retail traditional food market in the entire city. is situated 130 metres northeast of La Merced.

Metro station
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 .

Church
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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

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.

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.

La Merced

Latitude
19.42543° or 19° 25′ 32″ north
Longitude
-99.12469° or 99° 7′ 29″ west
Open location code
76F2CVGG+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1258708454
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
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