Convent of San Francisco, Madero Street, Mexico City
The Convent of San Francisco is located at the western end of Madero Street in the historic center of Mexico City, near the Torre Latinoamericana and is all that remains of the church and monastery complex.Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: Place of worship at Madero Street, Mexico City
- Also known as: “Church of San Francisco”
- Address: 7 Calle Francisco I. Madero, Ciudad de México, 06060
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Palace of Iturbide.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Theater building
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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 260 metres northwest of Convent of San Francisco, Madero Street, Mexico City.
Palace of Iturbide
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The Palace of Iturbide is a large palatial residence located in the historic center of Mexico City at Madero Street #17. It was built by the Count of San Mateo Valparaíso as a wedding gift for his daughter. Palace of Iturbide is situated 100 metres east of Convent of San Francisco, Madero Street, Mexico City.
Casa de los Azulejos
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Casa de los Azulejos or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Mexico City, built by the Count of the Valle de Orizaba family.
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.
Convent of San Francisco, Madero Street, Mexico City
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.43349° or 19° 26′ 1″ northLongitude
-99.13999° or 99° 8′ 24″ westOpen location code
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denomination=catholicWikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Convent of San Francisco, Madero Street, Mexico City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣方济各堂 (墨西哥城)”
- Chinese: “圣方济各堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سان فرانسيسكو”
- French: “église Saint-François de Mexico”
- French: “Église Saint-François de Mexico”
- German: “Iglesia de San Francisco, Mexico-Stadt”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Francisco, Ciudad de México”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Templo de San Francisco, Ciudad de México”
- Spanish: “Templo de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Templo y exconvento de San Francisco”
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