Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City
The Corpus Christi Church is a former church on Avenida Juárez in the Historic center of Mexico City. It is the only remaining part of the Convent of Corpus Christi, founded in 1724 for indigenous women and which was closed as part of the Reform Laws.Photo: AlejandroPZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church in Mexico
- Also known as: “Ex Temple of Corpus Christi”
- Address: 44 Avenida Juárez
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Memory and Tolerance Museum.
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 320 metres east of Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City.
Memory and Tolerance Museum
Museum
Photo: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Memory and Tolerance Museum is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, established in 2010. It has exhibits about genocide, including the holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Rwandan genocide, the Bosnian War, the Guatemalan genocide, the Darfur conflict and the Cambodian genocide.
Alameda Central
Park
Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.
Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Established in 1592, Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. Located in Cuauhtémoc borough between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro and Colonia Juárez.
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.
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.
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.
Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City
- Categories: temple, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.4344° or 19° 26′ 4″ northLongitude
-99.14412° or 99° 8′ 39″ westOpen location code
76F2CVM4+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 217470227OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q16242141
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كوربوس كريستى السابق”
- Spanish: “Ex Templo de Corpus Christi”
- Spanish: “Templo de Corpus Christi”
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