Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez

The Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez is an indoor swimming pool Olympic facility located in , . It has a capacity of 4,300. It hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics for competitions of swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming part of modern pentathlon.
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  • Type: Sports venue
  • Description: Mexico City Sports Venue
  • Also known as: “Alberca Olimpica Francisco Marquez” and “Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frida Kahlo Museum and Leon Trotsky House Museum.

Museum
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The , 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. is situated 1 km southwest of Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.

Museum
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The , Trotsky Museum, or Trotsky House Museum, is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the neighborhood of . is situated 520 metres west of Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.

Metro station
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Eje Central is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro. The station is located between and . It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac. is situated 440 metres northeast of Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Churubusco and Coyoacán.

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

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This relatively large area in the southwest of 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.

Quarter
is a neighborhood of Mexico City in Benito Juárez borough. 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 .

Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez

Latitude
19.3589° or 19° 21′ 32″ north
Longitude
-99.15473° or 99° 9′ 17″ west
Open location code
76F29R5W+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30090393
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­sports_centre
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­swimming
Wiki­data ID
Q2484285
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez” goes by many names.

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