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It is also known as Zona Colonial (Colonial Zone) or more colloquially as "La Zona" (The Zone). The Ciudad Colonial is located on the west bank of the Ozama River , which bisects the city. It covers 1.06 km 2 (0.41 sq mi) bounded by a walled perimeter.
When writing a postal address the name of the colonia must be specified after the postal code and preceding the name of the city. For example: Calle Dakota 145 Colonia Nápoles Alc. Benito Juárez 03810 Ciudad de México . Some of the better known colonias include: Bosques de las Lomas - Upscale residential neighborhood and business center.
In the Zona Colonial is the Museum of Alcázar, in Diego Colon's palace, [40] the Museum of the Casas Reales, with artefacts of the colonial period and a collection of ancient weapons donated by Trujillo, [41] the Naval Museum of the Atarazanas, in the former naval yards, Museo de la Catedral, Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana ...
The Universidad de las Américas de la Ciudad de México (UDLA) was founded in 1940 as the Mexico City Junior College (MCC). In the 1960s, its name changed to the University of the Americas and shortly thereafter to the current one. It was founded in Colonia Roma but moved to a facility on the Mexico City-Toluca highway.
The modern colonia began when Carlos David de Gheest petitioned to have his lands, now known as the San José or Los Cuartos de la Cuchilla del Fraile areas, subdivided into housing in 1889. In 1910, the Terrenos de Peralvillo Company did the same with two other lots of land, which completed the current perimeter of the colonia.
One of the main places of interest is the street José Martí, in which the Theatre Sandoval shows children plays; likewise, the church, the market and the cantina "El Fuerte de la Colonia", and small marisquerías and breweries, that are evidence of a place of people of medium class. Also on the street José Martí and passing the Patriotism ...
Borders of the Zona de Santa Fe as described above are: [4] [5] [6] on the north: colonias Lomas de Memetla, El Yaqui, and Lomas de Vista Hermosa, then, across the Mexico-Toluca free road, the three Palo Alto colonias, behind which is col. Bosques de las Lomas including the Arcos Bosques complex.
Colonia Buenavista is a colonia or neighbourhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough located northwest of the historic center of Mexico City. What would become the city's main train terminal, Buenavista Station , stood here 1873–1958, and a new Buenavista Station opened in its place in 1961.