Fuente de Venus

Fuente de Venus is a fountain in Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City. Fuente de Venus is situated nearby to Hemiciclo a Juárez, as well as near the city gate Paifang.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Alameda Central.

Palacio de Bellas Artes

Theater building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. Palacio de Bellas Artes is situated 190 metres east of Fuente de Venus.

Alameda Central

Park

Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.

Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Established in 1592, Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. Located in Cuauhtémoc borough between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.

Memory and Tolerance Museum

Museum

Photo: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Memory and Tolerance Museum is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, established in 2010. It has exhibits about genocide, including the holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Rwandan genocide, the Bosnian War, the Guatemalan genocide, the Darfur conflict and the Cambodian genocide. Memory and Tolerance Museum is situated 200 metres southwest of Fuente de Venus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Colonia Juárez.

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.

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.

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.

Fuente de Venus

Type: Body of water
Category: fountain
Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude

19.43521° or 19° 26′ 7″ north

Longitude

-99.14307° or 99° 8′ 35″ west

Open location code

76F2CVP4+3Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 992941273

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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