La Santísima

La Santísima is a church in Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City which is located on Calle Santisima. La Santísima is situated nearby to Plaza de la Alhóndiga, as well as near the museum Academy of San Carlos.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Academy of San Carlos and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

Academy of San Carlos

Museum

Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.

The Academy of San Carlos, formerly also known as the National School of Fine Arts, is an art academy in Mexico City that historically played an important role in the development of Mexican art and architecture. Academy of San Carlos is situated 190 metres west of La Santísima.

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 690 metres west of La Santísima.

Templo Mayor

Ruins

Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. Templo Mayor is situated 540 metres west of La Santísima.

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.

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 La Santísima.

La Santísima

Type: Church
Address: 10 Calle Santisima, 06010
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude

19.43315° or 19° 25′ 59″ north

Longitude

-99.12666° or 99° 7′ 36″ west

Open location code

76F2CVMF+78

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1421957607

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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