Zoquiapan Route Archives

Concepción Tlaxcoaque Chapel & Plaza Tlaxcoaque

Ubicaci�n Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, Centro Histórico, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Temples Temples

Mercado San Lucas

Ubicaci�n San Miguel S/N, La Merced, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Shopping

Supreme Court Building

Ubicaci�n José María Pino Suárez no. 2, Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, 06065 CDMX

Historic Sites/Bldgs

Santa María Magdalena Chapel, Plaza San Lucas

Ubicaci�n San Miguel 11, Barrio La Merced, Col. Centro, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06080 CDMX

Temples Temples

San Lucas Chapel and the Plaza San Lucas

Ubicaci�n Plaza San Lucas 14, Barrio La Merced, Col. Centro, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Temples Temples

Plaza la Aguilita / Plaza Juan José Baz

Ubicaci�n Pl. Juan José Baz 7, Centro Histórico, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06990 CDMX

Parks Parks

The Zoquiapan Route covers the southeast of Mexico City's Historical Center. Most of the area is today called the old Barrio la Merced.

It was a Tenochtitlan neighborhood called Zoquiapan, meaning "place of swampy water." Today, it's home to nearly half of the protected historical sites in the entire center.

The area ends with a street named for the old Canal Chimalpopoca. That's the traditional southern edge of the island. The canal was named in turn for the third Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, Chīmalpopōcatzin (1397–1427). His reign lasted from 1417 until 1427. The image is adapted from the Codex Mendoza.

The Zoquiapan Route takes you into some of the oldest and most densely developed Mexico City territory. At the very south, one can also connect with the Calzada de Tlalpan.