Plaza de Santa Veracruz
Plaza de Santa Veracruz is a square in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Plaza de Santa Veracruz is situated nearby to the museum Museo Nacional de la Estampa, as well as near San Juan de Dios church.Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Museo Nacional de la Estampa.
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 240 metres southeast of Plaza de Santa Veracruz.
Museo Nacional de la Estampa
Museum
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The Museo de la Estampa is a museum in Mexico City, dedicated to the history, preservation and promotion of Mexican graphic arts. The word “estampa” means works in the various printmaking techniques which have the quality of being reproducible and include seals, woodcuts, lithography and others.
Alameda Central
Park
Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.
Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Established in 1592, Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. Located in Cuauhtémoc borough between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.
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.
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 Juárez
Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
Colonia Juárez is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. 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.
Plaza de Santa Veracruz
- Type: Square
- Description: Mexico City plaza
- Category: locality
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.4369° or 19° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
-99.14296° or 99° 8′ 35″ westOpen location code
76F2CVP4+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 391426784OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q136084538
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In Other Languages
“Plaza de Santa Veracruz” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Plaza de la Santa Veracruz”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Santa Veracruz”
- Spanish: “Santa Veracruz”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include San Juan de Dios church and Santa Veracruz Church, Mexico City.
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