Central Mexico
Mexico State
Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality

Torres de Satélite

The Torres de Satélite are a group of sculptures located in the district of , . One of the country's first urban sculptures of great dimensions, had its planning started in 1957 with the ideas of renowned Mexican architect Luis Barragán, painter Jesús Reyes Ferreira and sculptor Mathias Goeritz.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: group of sculptures located in the Ciudad Satélite district of Naucalpan
  • Also known as: “Torres de Satelite”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parque Tezozómoc and Estadio José Ortega Martínez.

Park
Photo: Adrián Cerón, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a large park in . It is located in the borough, in the northwestern section of , Mexico. It is 28 hectares in size. is situated 3 km east of Torres de Satélite.

Stadium
Photo: Evil Knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The also known as Valley Bowl Stadium, is a of football with capacity for 3,700 people located in Naucalpan, , campus Lomas Verdes Universidad del Valle de Mexico. is situated 3 km west of Torres de Satélite.

Railway stop
Photo: GAED, Public domain.
El Rosario is an at-grade station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in borough, in the northern reaches of . It serves as the terminal for both Lines 6 and 7. is situated 4 km east of Torres de Satélite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciudad Satelite and Nuevo Polanco.

Photo: iivangm, CC BY 2.0.
, or simply "Satelite", is part of the metropolitan area of . Although there is a specific borough bearing that name, locals refer to Satelite to a broader area including other boroughs or colonias that are located right after crossing the city limits of the Distrito Federal into the State of Mexico.

Quarter
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is an area of formerly consisting of warehouses and factories, bordering the upscale on the north across Avenida Ejército Nacional. is situated 7 km southeast of Torres de Satélite.

Photo: Matthew Rutledge, CC BY 2.0.
refers to an area of north of Park. This district is delimited by Paseo de la Reforma to the south, Boulevard Manuel Avila Camacho to the west, Avenida Ejercito Nacional to the north and Avenida Mariano Escobedo to the east.

Torres de Satélite

Latitude
19.49918° or 19° 29′ 57″ north
Longitude
-99.23685° or 99° 14′ 13″ west
Open location code
76F2FQX7+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 432636761
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q3353239
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Uzbek—“Torres de Satélite” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “五支衛星巨塔”
  • Chinese: “衛星塔”
  • Dutch: “Satelliettorens”
  • Dutch: “Torres de Satelite”
  • Dutch: “Torres de Satélite”
  • French: “tour satelite”
  • French: “Tour satelite”
  • Hungarian: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Indonesian: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Italian: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Ladino: “Kulas de Satélite”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torres de Satelite”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Norwegian: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Persian: “تورس د ستلیته”
  • Romanian: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Russian: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Spanish: “Torres de Satelite”
  • Spanish: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Turkish: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Ukrainian: “Torres de Satélite”
  • Ukrainian: “Торрес-де-Сателіте”
  • Uzbek: “Sunʻiy yoʻldosh minoralari”

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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 “Torres de Satélite”. Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.