Calzada de la Virgen

Calzada de la Virgen is a park in Mexico City, Central Mexico. Calzada de la Virgen is situated nearby to the park Parque Avante, as well as near the community center Módulo de participación ciudadana.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Anahuacalli Museum and South Central Terminal.

Anahuacalli Museum

Museum

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The Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum is a museum and arts center in Mexico City, located in the San Pablo de Tepetlapa neighborhood of Coyoacán, 10 minutes by car from the Frida Kahlo Museum, as well as from the tourist neighborhood of this district. Anahuacalli Museum is situated 1¼ km southwest of Calzada de la Virgen.

South Central Terminal

Bus station

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Terminal Central de Autobuses del Sur is the southern intercity bus station in Mexico City. South Central Terminal is situated 1¼ km north of Calzada de la Virgen.

Tasqueña metro station

Metro station

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Tasqueña metro station, alternatively spelled Taxqueña, is a station on the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Coyoacán. It is an at-grade railway stop with two side platforms serving Line 2. Tasqueña metro station is situated 1½ km north of Calzada de la Virgen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia de La Candelaria and Churubusco.

Colonia de La Candelaria

Quarter

Photo: Betoqa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Colonia de La Candelaria is a quarter.

Churubusco

Quarter

Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.

Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli". Churubusco is situated 3 km north of Calzada de la Virgen.

Coyoacán

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This relatively large area in the southwest of Mexico City has always been a counterculture hotbed. This is where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived, a few blocks away from Leon Trotsky, and the tranquil residential area, with parks, squares, and cobblestone streets, is now a favourite spot for the bohemia set.

Calzada de la Virgen

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude

19.33133° or 19° 19′ 53″ north

Longitude

-99.1386° or 99° 8′ 19″ west

Open location code

76F28VJ6+GH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 566497810

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include Parque Avante and Módulo de participación ciudadana.

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