Plaza Alco La Raza

Plaza Alco La Raza is a shopping center in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Plaza Alco La Raza is situated nearby to the shopping center Portal Vallejo, as well as near the fitness club Bongo Gym La Raza.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monumento a la Raza and La Raza metro station.

Monumento a la Raza

Monument

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The Monumento a la Raza is a 50-meter high pyramid in northern Mexico City. It stands at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes, Circuito Interior and Calzada Vallejo, within the Cuauhtémoc borough. Monumento a la Raza is situated 450 metres southeast of Plaza Alco La Raza.

La Raza metro station

Metro station

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La Raza metro station is a transfer station on the Mexico City Metro in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. La Raza is a combined underground and at-grade station divided into two lines. La Raza metro station is situated 550 metres east of Plaza Alco La Raza.

La Raza

Bus stop

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La Raza is a bus stop, which is situated 510 metres east of Plaza Alco La Raza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia Santa María Insurgentes and Tlatelolco.

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes

Neighborhood

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the Mexico City's historic center. The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west.

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.