La Enseñanza Church

La Enseñanza Church is located on 104 Donceles Street in the historic center of . The Mexican Churrigueresque style of this church, especially that of its altarpieces, is upheld as the pinnacle of the Baroque period in Mexico, as this style soon gave way to the Neoclassic shortly after this church was built.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church building in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Also known as: “La Enseñanza” and “Nuestra Señora del Pilar”
  • Address: 104 Calle Donceles, 06010

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Templo Mayor.

Church
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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 200 metres southwest of La Enseñanza Church.

Ruins
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The was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now . Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. is situated 150 metres southeast of La Enseñanza Church.

College
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The National College is a Mexican honorary academy with a strictly limited membership created by presidential decree in 1943 in order to bring together the country's foremost artists and scientists, who are periodically invited to deliver lectures and seminars in their respective area of speciality.

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. is situated 3 km west of La Enseñanza Church.

La Enseñanza Church

Latitude
19.43601° or 19° 26′ 10″ north
Longitude
-99.13224° or 99° 7′ 56″ west
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
76F2CVP9+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 217316689
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q6462320
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