Plaza San Juan

Plaza San Juan is a building in Coyoacán, Mexico City, which is located on Calle Caballo Calco. Plaza San Juan is situated near the food court Mercado de Comida, as well as near the government office Alcaldía Coyoacán.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares and Frida Kahlo Museum.

Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares

Museum

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Museo Nacional de las Culturas Populares is a museum in Mexico City dedicated to Mexico's ethnic and cultural diversity. This diversity not only includes that of its indigenous peoples, but also those of its regions and socioeconomic strata. Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares is situated 130 metres northeast of Plaza San Juan.

Frida Kahlo Museum

Museum

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The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as The Blue House for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo Museum is situated 700 metres north of Plaza San Juan.

Leon Trotsky House Museum

Museum

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The Leon Trotsky House Museum, Trotsky Museum, or Trotsky House Museum, is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the Coyoacán neighborhood of Mexico City. Leon Trotsky House Museum is situated 1 km north of Plaza San Juan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xoco and Churubusco.

Xoco

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Xoco is a neighborhood of Mexico City in Benito Juárez borough. Xoco was originally a village dating to before the Spanish conquest. Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of Coyoacán.

Churubusco

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Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli".