Centro
The old city center or Centro Histórico of Mexico City, 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.Photo: DenyDenisse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Photo: Fotoarte75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City.
Zócalo
Photo: schlaeger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Zócalo is the common name of the main square in central Mexico City.
Localities in the Area
Cuauhtémoc Borough
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cuauhtémoc, named after the former Aztec leader, is a borough of Mexico City.
Venustiano Carranza
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Venustiano Carranza is a borough in Mexico City, Mexico.
Tepito
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Tepito is a barrio located in Colonia Morelos in the Cuauhtémoc, a borough of Mexico City bordered by Avenida del Trabajo, Paseo de la Reforma, Eje 1, and Eje 2.
Centro
- Type: old town
- Description: human settlement in Mexico
- Category: colonias of Mexico City
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.43278° or 19° 25' 58" northLongitude
-99.13322° or 99° 7' 60" westOpen Location Code
76F2CVM8+4PWikidata ID
Q2146288Centro Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Մեխիկո քաղաքի պատմական կենտրոն
- Basque: Mexiko Hiriko Hirigune Historikoa
- Bengali: মেক্সিকো সিটির ঐতিহাসিক কেন্দ্র
- Bulgarian: Исторически център на Мексико Сити
- Catalan: Centre Històric de la Ciutat de Mèxic
- Chinese: 墨西哥城历史中心
- Chinese: 墨西哥城歷史中心
- Croatian: Povijesno središte grada Meksika
- Czech: historické centrum Ciudad de México
- Dutch: Historisch Centrum van Mexico-Stad
- Dutch: Historisch centrum van Mexico Stad
- English: Historic center of Mexico City
- English: Historic downtown of Mexico City
- French: Centre historique de Mexico
- French: centre historique de Mexico
- German: Centro
- German: Mexiko-Stadt/Centro
- Hebrew: המרכז ההיסטורי
- Hebrew: המרכז ההיסטורי של מקסיקו סיטי
- Hebrew: מקסיקו סיטי/מרכז העיר
- Irish: lár stairiúil Chathair Mheicsiceo
- Italian: centro storico di Città del Messico
- Japanese: ヒストリックセンター
- Japanese: メキシコシティ歴史地区
- Ladino: Sentro istoriko de la Sivdad de Meksiko
- Norwegian: Mexico bys historiske sentrum
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mexico bys historiske sentrum
- Panjabi: ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਦਾ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਕੇਂਦਰ
- Portuguese: Centro Histórico da Cidade do México
- Russian: Исторический центр Мехико
- Russian: Мехико/Центр
- Russian: Центр
- Scots: Historic centre o Mexico Ceety
- Slovenian: Zgodovinski center Ciudad de Mexico
- Spanish: Centro
- Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
- Spanish: Centro de Ciudad de México
- Spanish: Centro histórico de Ciudad de México
- Spanish: Centro histórico de la Ciudad de México
- Swedish: Mexico Citys historiska centrum
- Swedish: Mexiko Citys historiska centrum
- Turkish: Meksiko'nun tarihî merkezi
- Vietnamese: Trung tâm Lịch sử của Thành phố Mexico
- Centro storico di Città del Messico
- Trung tâm Lịch sử của Thành phố México
Other Places Named Centro
In the Area
- Centro UrbanoNeighbourhood
- Centro UrbanoNeighbourhood
- EsperanzaNeighbourhood
- MorazánNeighbourhood
- Colonia MorelosNeighbourhood
- Colonia TránsitoNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Centro. Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.