Pueblo Culhuacán, Mexico City

Name: Pueblo Culhuacán
Address: Mexico City, Mexico

#335 among attractions in Mexico City

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Pueblo Culhuacán is an officially designated neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, which used to be a major pre-Hispanic city. Ancient Culhuacán was founded around 600 CE and the site has been continuously occupied since. The city was conquered by the Aztecs in the 15th century, but the Aztecs considered the city to have status with early rulers marrying into Culhua nobility to legitimize themselves. After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Franciscans and later the Augustinians made Culhuacán a major evangelization center, with the latter building the monastery complex which remains to this day. Today, Culhucan is fully integrated into Mexico City physically and politically. This area was designated as a "Barrio Mágico" by the city in 2011. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 19°20'14"N, 99°6'26"W

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Nearby attractions include: Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli, Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones, Paseo Acoxpa.

3.4 miNW
Sport venue, Sport
Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Mexico City
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2.6 miSW
Grand museum with pre-Hispanic artwork
Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli, Mexico City
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3 miNW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones, Mexico City
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3.3 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Paseo Acoxpa, Mexico City
85 min walk • Paseo Acoxpa is an outdoor shopping center of 56,000 square metres opened in 2010 in colonia Ex-Hacienda Coapa, in Tlalpan borough, Mexico City. It is located on the Calzada de Acoxpa east of the Calzada de Tlalpan. It was developed by Grupo Arquitech, with an investment of 100 million U.S. dollars.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Xochimilco, Mexico City
93 min walk • Lake Xochimilco is an ancient endorheic lake, located in the present-day Borough of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City. The lake is within the Valley of Mexico hydrological basin, in central Mexico.
3.6 miW
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City
92 min walk • Museo Nacional de las Culturas Populares is a museum in Mexico City dedicated to Mexico's ethnic and cultural diversity. This diversity not only includes that of its indigenous peoples, but also those of its regions and socioeconomic strata.
1.2 miNE
Archaeological site, Park
Cerro de la Estrella Archaeological Site, Mexico City
31 min walk • Cerro de la Estrella is a Mesoamerican archaeological site located in southeastern Central Mexico's Valley of Mexico, in the Iztapalapa alcaldía of Mexico City at an elevation of 2460 meters above sea level, hence its Summit is 224 m over the Valley of Mexico level. At the southeast edge of what was the Great Texcoco Lake.
1.6 miSW
Zoo with coyotes and other animals
Zoológico Los Coyotes, Mexico City
41 min walk • The Zoológico Los Coyotes is the third zoo in Mexico City, Mexico. It was opened on 2 February 1999 to complement the other zoos of the City of Mexico. It is built on a site that was previously a centre for seized animals, which it fell into disrepair.
2.8 miNE
Shopping, Market
Central de Abasto, Mexico City
72 min walk • The Central de Abasto is Mexico City’s main wholesale market for produce and other foodstuffs run similarly to traditional public markets.
2.4 miN
Shopping, Market
La Nueva Viga Market, Mexico City
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3.7 miW
Area
Mexico City/Coyoacán, Mexico City
94 min walk • Coyoacán is a borough in Mexico City. The former village is now the borough's "historic center". The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means "place of coyotes", when the Aztecs named a pre-Hispanic village on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco dominated by the Tepanec people.