Santa Veracruz Church, Mexico City

The Santa Veracruz Monastery in the is one of the oldest religious establishments in Mexico City and was the third most important church in the area in the 16th century.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church building in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Parroquia de la Santa Veracruz”, “Santa Vera Cruz”, “Templo de la Santa Veracruz”, and “Templo de Santa Veracruz”
  • Address: 6 Calle 2 de Abril, Ciudad de México, 06300
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Museo Nacional de la Estampa.

Theater building
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The is a prominent cultural center in . It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. is situated 200 metres southeast of Santa Veracruz Church, Mexico City.

Museum
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The Museo de la Estampa is a museum in , dedicated to the history, preservation and promotion of Mexican graphic arts. The word “estampa” means works in the various printmaking techniques which have the quality of being reproducible and include seals, woodcuts, lithography and others.

Park
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is a public in downtown Mexico City. Established in 1592, is the oldest public park in the Americas. Located in between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

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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
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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.

Neighborhood
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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.

Santa Veracruz Church, Mexico City

Latitude
19.43689° or 19° 26′ 13″ north
Longitude
-99.14239° or 99° 8′ 33″ west
Open location code
76F2CVP5+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 158032460
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q7419969
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Santa Veracruz Church, Mexico City” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Bazar 2 de Abril and Plaza de Santa Veracruz.

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