Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco is an important archaeological site located on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco in the southeastern Valley of Mexico, in what is today the borough of Tlalpan in Mexico City.Photo: Felipe huerta hdez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: archaeological site in Mexico
- Also known as: “jsheunda” and “Museo de Sitio Cuicuilco”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Institute of Pediatrics and Perisur.
National Institute of Pediatrics
Hospital
Photo: Valdez2012, CC BY-SA 3.0.
National Institute of Pediatrics is a hospital, which is situated 700 metres northwest of Cuicuilco.
Perisur
Shopping center
Photo: Vic201401, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Perisur is a shopping mall located in the Coyoacán borough in southern Mexico City at the intersection of Insurgentes Avenue South and the Anillo Periférico, next to the UNAM main campus in Ciudad Universitaria and to the upscale Jardines del Pedregal neighbourhood. Perisur is situated 1 km northwest of Cuicuilco.
National Library of Mexico
Library
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Mexico is located in Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. It was first established on November 30, 1867. National Library of Mexico is situated 2 km north of Cuicuilco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tlalpan and Santa Úrsula Xitla.
Tlalpan
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Tlalpan and Pedregal is a district of Mexico City. Tlalpan is best known as the location of most hospitals in Mexico City and most natural parks. Pedregal is a wealthy residential area built on top of, and using lava rock from, the Xitle volcano.
Ciudad Universitaria
Village
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ciudad Universitaria is the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, located in Coyoacán borough in the southern part of Mexico City.
Cuicuilco
- Categories: archaeological site, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.30073° or 19° 18′ 3″ northLongitude
-99.18176° or 99° 10′ 54″ westOperator
INAHOpen location code
76F28R29+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 317142961OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1143307
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Cuicuilco” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cuicuilco”
- Bavarian: “Cuicuilco”
- Belarusian: “Куікуілька”
- Catalan: “Cuicuilco”
- Dutch: “Cuicuilco”
- Esperanto: “Cuicuilco”
- Finnish: “Cuicuilco”
- French: “Cuicuilco”
- Georgian: “კუიკუილკო”
- German: “Cuicuilco”
- Italian: “Cuicuilco”
- Japanese: “クィクィルコ”
- Japanese: “クイクイルコ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cuicuilco”
- Norwegian: “Cuicuilco”
- Polish: “Cuicuilco”
- Portuguese: “Cuicuilco”
- Russian: “Куикуилько”
- Spanish: “Cuicuilco”
- Swedish: “Cuicuilco”
- Ukrainian: “Куїкуїлько”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zona Arqueológica de Cuicuilco and La Kiva.
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