House of the First Print Shop in the Americas

The House of the First Printing Press in the Americas at the corner of Moneda and Licenciado Primo Verdad streets in was the home of the first printing press/print shop in the New World.
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Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—4:00 AM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: building in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Address: 10 Calle Licenciado Francisco Primo de Verdad, 06070

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Templo Mayor.

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 , is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. is situated 250 metres west of House of the First Print Shop in the Americas.

Ruins
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 160 metres northwest of House of the First Print Shop in the Americas.

Museum
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
The is an art museum located in the historic center of . It is housed in what was the Palacio del Arzobispado, built in 1530 under Friar Juan de Zumárraga on the base of the destroyed pyramid dedicated to the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
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 House of the First Print Shop in the Americas.

House of the First Print Shop in the Americas

Latitude
19.43368° or 19° 26′ 1″ north
Longitude
-99.13078° or 99° 7′ 51″ west
Open location code
76F2CVM9+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 217317617
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q5915612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“House of the First Print Shop in the Americas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منزل أول مطبعة في الأمريكتين”
  • Armenian: “Ամերիկայի առաջին տպարանի տուն”
  • Russian: “Дом первой типографии в Америке”
  • Spanish: “Casa de la Primera Imprenta de America”
  • Spanish: “Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América”
  • Western Armenian: “Ամերիկայի Առաջին Տպարանի Տուն”

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