Churubusco in Ciudad de México
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Coyoacán

Coyoacán refers to one of the sixteen boroughs (delegaciones) of the Federal District of Mexico City as well as the former village which 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 which was dominated by the Tepanec people.

Located at 19.35, -99.1617 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District, Altepetl

Metro Tasqueña

Metro Tasqueña (sometimes also spelled Taxqueña) is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Campestre Churubusco neighborhood, within the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre on Avenida Tasqueña and Canal de Miramontes. It is a surface station and the southern terminus of the line. The station icon represents a crescent moon.

Located at 19.3442, -99.1427 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations

Battle of Churubusco

The Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Contreras (Padierna) during the Mexican-American War. After defeating the Mexican army at Churubusco, the U.S. Army was only 5 miles (8 km) away from Mexico City, the capital of the nation. A month later, the US forces captured Mexico City and the war was over.

Located at 19.356, -99.149 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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1847 in Mexico, Battles of the Mexican–American War, History of Mexico City, Mexico City Campaign

Churubusco

Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. Under the current territorial division of the Mexican Federal District, it is a part of the borough (delegación) of Coyoacán. It is centred around the former Franciscan monastery (ex convento de Churubusco) at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:19|21|20|N|99|8|55|W| | |name= }}.

Located at 19.3556, -99.1486 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Mexico City

Metro General Anaya

Metro General Anaya is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre in the median of Calzada de Tlalpan, and right next to the Estudios Churubusco. It is a surface station. The station logo shows a military officer standing next to a cannon, while the station is named after General Pedro María Anaya, commander of the Mexican forces during the 1847 Battle of Churubusco of the Mexican-American War.

Located at 19.3533, -99.145 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Mexico City metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1970

Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez

The Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez is an indoor swimming pool Olympic facility located in Mexico City, Mexico. It has a capacity of 10,000. It hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics for competitions of swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming part of modern pentathlon. The only Mexican gold medal in Olympic swimming competitions was won at this site. It was won by Felipe Muñoz in the 200 metres men breast stroke competition.

Located at 19.3592, -99.1547 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Sports venues in Mexico City, 1968 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic diving venues, Olympic modern pentathlon venues, Olympic swimming venues, Olympic water polo venues

Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera

The Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, it hosted the volleyball competitions.

Located at 19.36, -99.1547 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1968 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic volleyball venues, Indoor arenas in Mexico, Sports venues in Mexico City

Estudios Churubusco

Estudios Churubusco is one of the oldest and largest movie studios in Latin America located in the Churubusco neighborhood of Mexico City. It was inaugurated in 1945 after a 1943 agreement between RKO and Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta. In 1950 it was acquired by the government of Mexico and merged with Estudios y Laboratorios Azteca to form Estudios Churubusco Azteca. Since 1958 it has been controlled by the government of Mexico.

Located at 19.3555, -99.1428 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Film studios, Licence to Kill, Golden Ariel Award winners

Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones

The Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones (National Museum of the Interventions) is located in a former monastery, which was built on top of an Aztec shrine. The museum in split into two sections. The downstairs is dedicated to the site’s history as a monastery, and the upstairs rooms are dedicated to artifacts related to the various military conflicts that have taken place on Mexican soil and how these have shaped the modern Mexican republic.

Located at 19.3546, -99.1491 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Museums in Mexico City, Military and war museums, History museums in Mexico

Frida Kahlo Museum

The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as the Blue House (La Casa Azul) for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It is located in the Colonia del Carmen neighborhood of Coyoacán in Mexico City. The building was the birthplace of Kahlo and is also the home where she grew up, lived with her husband Diego Rivera for a number of years, and eventually died, in one of the rooms on the upper floor.

Located at 19.355, -99.1628 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Mexico City, Biographical museums in Mexico, Historic house museums in Mexico, Art museums and galleries in Mexico, Modern art museums, Frida Kahlo, Art museums established in 1958, 1958 establishments in Mexico

Leon Trotsky Museum, Mexico City

The Leon Trotsky House Museum is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City. The center of the complex is the house in which Trotsky lived with his wife from 1939 to 1940, and where the Russian dissident was murdered. The house has been kept as it was at that time, especially the study in which a Stalin supporter killed Trotsky with an ice axe to the back of the head.

Located at 19.3576, -99.1578 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Mexico City, Biographical museums in Mexico, Historic house museums in Mexico, Leon Trotsky

Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares

Museo Nacional de las Culturas Populares (National Museum of Popular Cultures) 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. It was founded in 1982 by anthropologist Guillermo Bonfil Batalla at a time when the country was accepting and promoting its cultural diversity.

Located at 19.3499, -99.161 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Mexico City