Colonia Hipódromo
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| Neighborhood of Mexico City | |
Fountain at Plaza Popocatépetl
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 Map of neighborhoods in Cuauhtémoc borough with the three Condesa colonias in red |
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| Coordinates: 19°24′45.09″N 99°10′9.92″W / 19.4125250°N 99.1694222°W | |
| Postal code | 06140 (Col. Condesa); 06100 (Col. Hipódromo); 06170 (Col. Hipódromo Condesa) |
Condesa or La Condesa is a district in the Cuauhtémoc Borough of Mexico City, south of the Zona Rosa, north of the midcentury neighborhoods Colonia Nápoles and Colonia del Valle and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square. It consists of three colonias or officially recognized neighborhoods: Colonia Condesa, Colonia Hipódromo and Colonia Hipódromo Condesa. The area is considered to be fashionable and popular with younger businesspeople, students and pet lovers. It features a large number of international restaurants and a lot of nightclubs.
Condesa and neighboring Colonia Roma were together designated as a "Barrio Mágico Turístico" ("Magic Neighborhood for Tourists") by the city in 2011.
The Condesa as a whole, consisting of the three colonias, is bordered by:
The three colonias are located as follows:
"Condesa" means "countess" and it is named after María Magdalena Dávalos de Bracamontes y Orozco, the Countess of Miravalle, whose lands stretched from what is now Colonia Roma to Tacubaya.The area began as lands belonging to two countesses in the colonial period. By the 19th century and early 20th century, the process of subdividing this land was already begun although Colonia Condesa proper would not be established until the very early 20th century.
Condesa is considered fashionable, especially among young businesspeople, students, pet lovers and others. There are some wide avenues and lined with trees. It is mostly filled with restaurants, cafés, boutiques and art galleries. Some of these shops include the Rosario Castellanos bookstore, which includes a cáfe, an auditorium theatre and a children’s room, the Bar Malverde, with its lucha libre theme, and the Café La Gloria, which has been around for over a decade. Most of the bars and cafes are concentrated along Amsterdam and Michoacán avenues.
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