Palacio de Lecumberri
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.Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Djarter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Public building
- Description: building in the northeast of Mexico City
- Also known as: “National Archives of Mexico”
- Address: 113 Avenida Ingeniero Eduardo Molina, Colonia Penitenciaría, Ciudad de México, 15280
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Templo Mayor and Moctezuma metro station.
Templo Mayor
Ruins
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. Templo Mayor is situated 2 km west of Palacio de Lecumberri.
Moctezuma metro station
Railway station
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1 km south of Palacio de Lecumberri.
Academy of San Carlos
Museum
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
The Academy of San Carlos, formerly also known as the National School of Fine Arts, is an art academy in Mexico City that historically played an important role in the development of Mexican art and architecture. Academy of San Carlos is situated 1½ km west of Palacio de Lecumberri.
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. Tlatelolco is situated 3 km northwest of Palacio de Lecumberri.
Guadalupe Tepeyac
Neighborhood
Photo: Dge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guadalupe Tepeyac is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km north of Palacio de Lecumberri.
Palacio de Lecumberri
- Categories: government building, defunct prison, and building
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.43609° or 19° 26′ 10″ northLongitude
-99.11314° or 99° 6′ 47″ westLevels
4Open location code
76F2CVPP+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 580688392OpenStreetMap feature
building=civicWikidata ID
Q2321891
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Palacio de Lecumberri” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lecumberri jauregia”
- Basque: “Lecunberriko jauregia”
- Chinese: “勒坎贝里宫”
- Chinese: “莱昆贝里宫”
- Danish: “Palacio de Lecumberri”
- Dutch: “Lecumberri”
- French: “Palacio de Lecumberri”
- French: “palais de Lecumberri”
- French: “Palais noir”
- French: “prison de Lecumberri”
- German: “Palacio de Lecumberri”
- Hungarian: “Lecumberri-palota”
- Japanese: “レクンベリ刑務所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palacio de Lecumberri”
- Norwegian: “Palacio de Lecumberri”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Lecumberri”
- Russian: “Дворец Лекумберри”
- Russian: “Национальный архив Мексики”
- Spanish: “cárcel de Lecumberri”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Lecumberri”
- Spanish: “Palacio Negro de Lecumberri”
- Spanish: “Palacio Negro”
- Spanish: “Penitenciaría del Distrito Federal”
- Swedish: “Palacio de Lecumberri”
- Tatar: “Лекумберри сарае”
- Tatar: “Мексиканың Милли архивы”
- Ukrainian: “Національний архів Мексики”
- Ukrainian: “Палац Лекумберрі”
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Highlights include Archivo General de la Nación and Alameda Ánfora.
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