Viveros de Coyoacán
Viveros de Coyoacán is a combination tree nursery and public park which covers 38.9 hectares in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City. The nursery was founded by Miguel Angel de Quevedo in the early 20th century as a way to provide seedlings for the reforestation of Mexico's badly damaged forests, especially around Mexico City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: parque nacional de la ciudad de México
- Also known as: “Viveros de Coyoacan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frida Kahlo Museum and Viveros/Derechos Humanos metro station.
Frida Kahlo Museum
Museum
Photo: Nachtwächter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as the 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 1 km east of Viveros de Coyoacán.
Viveros/Derechos Humanos metro station
Metro station
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Viveros / Derechos Humanos is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located between the Álvaro Obregón and Coyoacán boroughs of Mexico City. Viveros/Derechos Humanos metro station is situated 260 metres west of Viveros de Coyoacán.
Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum
Museum
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum was the first museum in the world dedicated specifically to watercolor painting. It is located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, in a former private house which was donated to the museum by the city government. Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum is situated 770 metres southwest of Viveros de Coyoacán.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xoco and Coyoacán.
Xoco
Quarter
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.
Coyoacán
This relatively large area in the southwest of Mexico City has always been a counterculture hotbed. This is where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived, a few blocks away from Leon Trotsky, and the tranquil residential area, with parks, squares, and cobblestone streets, is now a favourite spot for the bohemia set.
Viveros de Coyoacán
- Categories: National Park of Mexico, plant nursery, and recreation area
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.35416° or 19° 21′ 15″ northLongitude
-99.17265° or 99° 10′ 22″ westOpen location code
76F29R3G+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 26966883OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=plant_nurseryOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q2751011
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Viveros de Coyoacán” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Viveros de Coyoacán”
- Dutch: “Viveros de Coyoacan”
- Dutch: “Viveros de Coyoacán”
- French: “parc national El Histórico Coyoacán”
- French: “Viveros de Coyoacán”
- German: “Viveros de Coyoacán”
- Japanese: “ビベロス・デ・コジョアカン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Viveros de Coyoacán”
- Norwegian: “Viveros de Coyoacán”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy El Histórico Coyoacán”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional El Histórico Coyoacán”
- Spanish: “Vivero Coyoacán”
- Spanish: “Viveros de Coyoacan”
- Spanish: “Viveros de Coyoacán”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Viveros de Coyoacán”. Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.