Tlatelolco
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.Photo: TlatelolcoTV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco
Museum
Photo: Coleccion.blaisten, Public domain.
Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco is a museum, which is situated 140 metres south of Tlatelolco.
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 2 km south of Tlatelolco.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. Palacio de Bellas Artes is situated 2 km south of Tlatelolco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tlatelolco and Colonia Santa María Insurgentes.
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 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.
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
- Type: Museum
- Description: archaeological site in Mexico City
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.45133° or 19° 27′ 5″ northLongitude
-99.13737° or 99° 8′ 15″ westOpen location code
76F2FV27+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 146024228OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q14623034
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Spanish—“Tlatelolco” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Tlatelolco (sito archeologico)”
- Italian: “Tlatelolco”
- Macedonian: “Тлателолко (археолошки локалитет)”
- Macedonian: “Тлателолко”
- Spanish: “Tlatelolco”
- Spanish: “Zona Arqueologica de Tlatelolco”
- Spanish: “Zona Arqueológica de Tlatelolco”
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