Mercado Unidad Kennedy

Mercado Unidad Kennedy is a marketplace in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Mercado Unidad Kennedy is situated nearby to the park plaza cultural recreativa JF Kennedy, as well as near the railway station Moctezuma metro station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moctezuma metro station and Balbuena metro station.

Moctezuma metro station

Railway station

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Moctezuma is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Moctezuma and Colonia Balbuena neighborhoods of the Venustiano Carranza borough, to the northeast of the centre of Mexico City. Moctezuma metro station is situated 230 metres northwest of Mercado Unidad Kennedy.

Balbuena metro station

Metro station

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Balbuena metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Venustiano Carranza. It is an underground stop with two side platforms serving Line 1 between Moctezuma and Boulevard Puerto Aéreo. Balbuena metro station is situated 670 metres east of Mercado Unidad Kennedy.

Palacio de Lecumberri

Public building

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The Palacio de Lecumberri is a large building, formerly a prison, in the northeast of Mexico City, Mexico, which now houses the General National Archive. Palacio de Lecumberri is situated 1¼ km north of Mercado Unidad Kennedy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

Centro

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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. Tlatelolco is situated 4 km northwest of Mercado Unidad Kennedy.