Fuente de Cibeles
The Fountain of Cybele in Mexico City is a bronze statue installed in Colonia Roma in 1980, and refurbished in 2011. A symbol of brotherhood between the Spanish and Mexican communities, it is a replica of the fountain located in the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid that was built by architect Ventura Rodríguez between 1777 and 1792.Photo: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapultepec and Ecobici 47.
Chapultepec
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapultepec is Mexico City's principal park, "the green lung of the city". This hill has been important throughout the city's history as the perch of fortresses and palaces, and the manicured forest surrounding it now holds many of Mexico's greatest cultural treasures.
Angel of Independence
Photo: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Angel of Independence, most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City. Angel of Independence is situated 790 metres north of Fuente de Cibeles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Seoul and Zona Rosa.
Little Seoul
Neighborhood
Pequeño Seúl is a Koreatown in Mexico City. Most of the city's Korean population lives in and around the Zona Rosa. According to the newspaper Reforma, there are at least 5,000 Koreans living in Zona Rosa and about 6,000 total in Colonia Juárez, the larger officially recognized neighborhood of which the Zona Rosa is a part of.
Zona Rosa
Photo: Virtual Raider, CC BY 2.0.
Zona Rosa is a business and entertainment district near the center of Mexico City. It is one of the city's most touristy areas, filled with hotels, dance clubs, restaurants, bars and live bands.
Colonia Juárez
Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
Colonia Juárez is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east.
Fuente de Cibeles
- Type: Body of water
- Description: public fountain in Mexico City
- Category: fountain
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.42002° or 19° 25′ 12″ northLongitude
-99.16631° or 99° 9′ 59″ westOpen location code
76F2CRCM+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 659613395OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q129506
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Fuente de Cibeles” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فوينتي دي سيبيليس (مكسيكو سيتي)”
- Arabic: “فوينتي دي سيبيليس”
- Armenian: “Կիբելայի շատրվան (Մեխիկո)”
- Armenian: “Կիբելայի շատրվան”
- Catalan: “Fuente de Cibeles”
- Dutch: “Fuente de Cibeles”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فوينتى دى سيبيليس”
- French: “Fuente de Cibeles”
- Italian: “Fuente de Cibeles”
- Spanish: “Fuente de Cibeles en Mexico”
- Spanish: “Fuente de Cibeles”
- Uzbek: “Fuente de Cibeles”
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