Central Mexico
Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc Borough

Plaza Río de Janeiro

Plaza Río de Janeiro is a public park in Roma, Mexico City. It is east of and north of Plaza Luis Cabrera. The central feature of Plaza Río de Janeiro is a fountain with a replica of Michelangelo’s David.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Plaza Rio de Janeiro”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and Museo del Objeto del Objeto.

Arts center
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is an institution dedicated to the promotion of Mexican contemporary art. It was established in 1949 to expand the Mexican art market. is situated 180 metres south of Plaza Río de Janeiro.

Museum
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The , or MODO, is a in and the first museum in dedicated to design and communications. It was opened in 2010 based on a collection of commercial packaging, advertising, graphic arts, common devices and many other objects dating back to 1810 collected by Bruno Newman over more than 40 years. is situated 180 metres southeast of Plaza Río de Janeiro.

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Glorieta de Insurgentes is a large roundabout in formed at the intersection of Avenida Chapultepec and Avenida de los Insurgentes. Oaxaca Avenue connects to it heading southwest to . is situated 390 metres northwest of Plaza Río de Janeiro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zona Rosa and Colonia Juárez.

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is a business and entertainment district located in a portion of Colonia Juárez, near the center of . It is one of the city's most touristy areas, filled with hotels, dance clubs, restaurants, bars and live bands.

Neighborhood
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is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . 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.

Neighborhood
Pequeño Seúl is a Koreatown in Mexico City. Most of the city's Korean population lives in and around the Zona Rosa. According to the newspaper Reforma, there are at least 5,000 Koreans living in Zona Rosa and about 6,000 total in Colonia Juárez, the larger officially recognized neighborhood of which the Zona Rosa is a part of.

Plaza Río de Janeiro

Latitude
19.42113° or 19° 25′ 16″ north
Longitude
-99.16045° or 99° 9′ 38″ west
Open location code
76F2CRCQ+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30160210
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q6079786
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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Spanish—“Plaza Río de Janeiro” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Zona de Juegos and Casa de las Brujas.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as El David and Café Toscano.

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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 “Plaza Río de Janeiro”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.