Tianguis Cultural del Chopo
The Tianguis Cultural del Chopo is a Saturday flea market near downtown Mexico City, known locally as El Chopo. It is named after its original location which was near the Museo Universitario del Chopo, an Art Nouveau building with a couple of towers designed by Bruno Möhring.Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Vasconcelos and Buenavista railway station.
Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Biblioteca Vasconcelos, also known as the Megabiblioteca by the press, is a library in the Buenavista neighborhood of Mexico City. It is dedicated to José Vasconcelos, the philosopher and former president of the National Library of Mexico. Biblioteca Vasconcelos is situated 190 metres southwest of Tianguis Cultural del Chopo.
Buenavista railway station
Railway station
Buenavista is a commuter railway station in Mexico City. The station provided intercity train services from Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Since June 2008, the station serves as the terminus of the Tren Suburbano commuter rail service. Buenavista railway station is situated 270 metres southwest of Tianguis Cultural del Chopo.
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 1½ km southeast of Tianguis Cultural del Chopo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tlatelolco and Colonia Santa María Insurgentes.
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.
Colonia Santa María Insurgentes
Neighborhood
Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the Mexico City's historic center. The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west.
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.
Tianguis Cultural del Chopo
- Type: Marketplace
- Description: Mexican flea market
- Categories: flea market and tianguis
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.44868° or 19° 26′ 55″ northLongitude
-99.14982° or 99° 8′ 59″ westOpen location code
76F2CVX2+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 276673886OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=marketplaceWikidata ID
Q7800180
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Tianguis Cultural del Chopo” goes by many names.
- French: “Tianguis Cultural del Chopo”
- Spanish: “Tianguis cultural del chopo”
- Spanish: “Tianguis cultural del Chopo”
- Spanish: “Tianguis Cultural del Chopo”
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