Central Mexico
Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc Borough

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: cathedral in Mexico City
  • Also known as: “Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City”, “Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City”, and “Mexico City Cathedral”
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Templo Mayor and Centro Cultural de España.

Ruins
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The was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now . Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. is situated 180 metres east of Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

Arts center
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The is located at 18 Guatemala Street in the . In the late 1990s, this old mansion just behind the Cathedral was in ruins when the government ceded it to the Spanish government. is situated 120 metres north of Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

Museum
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The Caricature Museum is located in an 18th-century Baroque building in the historic center of . It was opened in 1987 to preserve and promote the history of Mexican cartooning, done for both political and entertainment purposes. is situated 150 metres north of Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Santa María la Redonda.

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The old city center or Histórico of , around the Plaza de la Constitución, is an area clearly different from the rest of the city. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.

Neighborhood
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is a traditional neighborhood located in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of now part of colonia Guerrero close to and La Lagunilla.

Neighborhood
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is a barrio located in Colonia Morelos in , a borough of bordered by Avenida del Trabajo, Paseo de la Reforma, Eje 1 and Eje 2.

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

Latitude
19.43439° or 19° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
-99.13309° or 99° 7′ 59″ west
Levels
2
Height
67 metres (220 feet)
Open location code
76F2CVM8+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 862852010
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q610961
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية مكسيكو سيتي”
  • Aragonese: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Aragonese: “Seu Metropolitana d’a Ciudat de Mexico”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածամոր համբարձման մայր տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Catedral metropolitana de Ciudá de Méxicu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mexiko kafedralı”
  • Bashkir: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Basque: “Mexiko Hiriko katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Катэдра Мэхіка”
  • Bulgarian: “Катедрала на Мексико Сити”
  • Catalan: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciutat de Mèxic”
  • Cebuano: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Chinese: “墨西哥城主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “墨西哥城都主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “墨西哥城都會主教座堂”
  • Corsican: “Catedrale di Cità di Messicu”
  • Croatian: “Metropolitanska katedrala Mexico Cityja”
  • Czech: “Metropolitní katedrála”
  • Danish: “Mexico Citys katedral”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van Mexico-Stad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه مكسيكو سيتى”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Meksikurbo”
  • Estonian: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María”
  • Finnish: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María”
  • French: “cathédrale Métropolitaine de Mexico”
  • French: “Cathédrale métropolitaine de Mexico”
  • Galician: “Catedral Metropolitana da Cidade de México”
  • German: “Kathedrale von Mexiko-Stadt”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός της Πόλης του Μεξικού”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת מטרופולין מקסיקו סיטי”
  • Hungarian: “Mária Mennybemenetele székesegyház”
  • Hungarian: “Mária mennybevétele székesegyház (Mexikóváros)”
  • Iban: “Katedral Metropolitan Nengeri Mexico”
  • Icelandic: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Kota Meksiko”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Metropolitan Kota Meksiko”
  • Irish: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Città del Messico”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Città del Messico”
  • Japanese: “メキシコシティ・メトロポリタン大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “メトロポリタン大聖堂 (メキシコシティ)”
  • Ladino: “Katedrala Metropolitana dela Sivdad de Meksiko”
  • Latvian: “Mehiko katedrāle”
  • Macedonian: “Митрополитска катедрала „Успение Богороднично“”
  • Macedonian: “Митрополитска катедрала”
  • Malayalam: “മെക്സിക്കോ സിറ്റി മെട്രോപൊളിറ്റൻ കത്തീഡ്രൽ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mexico bys katedral”
  • Norwegian: “Mexico bys katedral”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع مکزیکو سیتی”
  • Polish: “Katedra Metropolitalna w Meksyku”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral Metropolitana da Cidade do México”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Mitropolitană din Ciudad de México”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор в Мехико”
  • Serbian: “Metropolitanska katedrala Meksiko Sitija”
  • Serbian: “Metropolitanska katedrala”
  • Slovak: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Slovenian: “Metropolitanska stolnica Ciudad de Mexico”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María a los cielos de la Ciudad de México”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Asunción de María de México”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María a los cielos de la Ciudad de México”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Metropolitana”
  • Swedish: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Swedish: “katedralen i Mexico City”
  • Swedish: “Katedralen i Mexico City”
  • Tagalog: “Metropolitanong Katedral ng Lungsod ng Mehiko”
  • Turkish: “Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México”
  • Turkish: “Meksiko Metropol Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Кафедральний собор в Мехіко”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa thành phố México”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katedral Metropolitano han Syudad han Mehiko”
  • Western Frisian: “Katedraal fan Meksiko-Stêd”
  • Wu Chinese: “墨西哥城主教座堂”
  • Yue Chinese: “墨西哥城都會主教座堂”

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