Avenida de los Insurgentes

Street in Mexico City, Mexico

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Avenida de los Insurgentes

Junction of Insurgentes and Paseo de la Reforma

Former name(s)| Vía del Centenario
Length| 28.8 km (17.9 mi)
Location| Mexico City, Mexico
Nearest metro station| See Metro
North end|  Fed. 85D (Mexico-Pachuca Highway)
Major
junctions| Monumento a la Raza
Paseo de la Reforma
Glorieta de los Insurgentes
Anillo Periférico
South end|  Fed. 95 (Mexico-Cuernavaca Highway)

Avenida de los Insurgentes (English: Avenue of the Insurgents), sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City, with a length of 28.8 km (17.9 mi) on a north-south axis across the city. Insurgentes has its origins in what was during the early 20th century known as the Via del Centenario which ran from city centre to the southern suburbs.[1]

Many decades later, after it was paved and widened, its name was changed to Avenida de los Insurgentes, apparently happening during the administration of President Miguel Alemán, when the area attracted wealthy urbanites for sophisticated, modern housing. The avenue was named after the Insurgent Army (Ejército de los Insurgentes) that fought for Mexican independence from Spain during the Mexican War of Independence from 1810 to 1821.

The avenue's southern terminus is located near Volcán Ajusco in the intersection with the Viaducto Tlalpan avenue, where it becomes Highway 95 in direction to Cuernavaca. The northern terminus is located in the intersection with Avenida Acueducto where it becomes the highway to Pachuca.

The avenue crosses five of the 16 boroughs of the city. Many of Mexico City's emblematic colonias (such as Condesa, Roma, Del Valle, Napoles, San Ángel, Pedregal) are either crossed or on the side of Insurgentes. The Mexico City Metrobús bus rapid transit system, opened in 2005, runs along the avenue, from Tlalpan to Indios Verdes metro station.

## Notable locations

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Avenida de los Insurgentes and the Torre Insignia Southern section of Avenida Insurgentes, taken from a bridge of the Periférico, near the Perisur Mall. Shows Metrobús station Perisur

From north to south:

* Monumento a La Raza
* Buenavista railway station
* Intersection with Paseo de la Reforma – Monument to Cuauhtémoc
* Insurgentes 300, a mid-century modern tower
* World Trade Center Mexico City – located next to the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros. It is one of the tallest buildings in the city with 52 floors. It has its own conference center and shopping mall.
* Teatro de los Insurgentes – important theater built in 1953 by José María Dávila
* Torre Mural and Centro Insurgentes shopping mall
* San Ángel historic center
* Torre Murano
* Ciudad Universitaria (C.U.) –the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The speed limit in this zone is 40 mph.
* Cuicuilco – the ancient village of the Cuicuilcas who used to live in what is today southern part of the city, just 1 km away from the campus. Xitle Volcano destroyed the city circa 1100BC. It remains the Imán pyramid.

Along with a myriad of skyscrapers, several shopping malls line the boulevard, including Perisur, Galerías Insurgentes, Centro Insurgentes, the one at World Trade Center Mexico City, and Forum Buenavista.

Throughout its span, Insurgentes crosses several ejes viales as well as the Circuito Interior and Anillo Periférico highway rings twice.

## Public transportation

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Mexico City Metrobús Line 1, inaugurated in 2005, runs on Avenida de los Insurgentes for 28.1 km, almost all of the avenue's length, from Indios Verdes to El Caminero.

### Metro

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Several Mexico City Metro stations are also located on Avenida de los Insurgentes, most notably the Insurgentes station of Line 1, at the Glorieta de los Insurgentes.

Metro stations

* Indios Verdes
* Deportivo 18 de Marzo
* Potrero
* La Raza
* Buenavista
* Revolución
* Insurgentes
* Chilpancingo
* Insurgentes Sur

## References

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1. ^ Noble, John (2000). Lonely Planet Mexico City. Oakland CA: Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-86450-087-5.

## External links

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* (in Spanish) Brief description of the avenue.

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Avenida de los Insurgentes

Areas|

* Ciudad de los Deportes
* Ciudad Universitaria
* Cuicuilco
* Glorieta de los Insurgentes
* Parque de la Bombilla
* Parque Hundido

Buildings|

* Forum Buenavista
* Galerías Insurgentes
* Insurgentes 300
* Manacar
* Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo
* Perisur
* Plaza Insurgentes
* Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros
* Reforma 222
* Restaurante Arroyo
* Teatro de los Insurgentes
* Torre Insignia
* Universidad Intercontinental
* World Trade Center

Formerly|

* Former Buenavista railway station

Landmarks, monuments
and statues|

* El Sereno
* Monumento a la Raza
* Monumento a los Indios Verdes
* Monumento al perro callejero
* Ruta de la Amistad

Nearby|

* Biblioteca Vasconcelos
* Monument to Cuauhtémoc
* Mother's Monument
* Paseo de la Reforma
* Revolución metro station

Transportation|

* Buenavista metro station
* Buenavista railway station
* Chilpancingo metro station
* Deportivo 18 de Marzo metro station
* Indios Verdes metro station
* Insurgentes metro station
* Insurgentes Sur metro station
* La Raza metro station
* Mexico City Metrobús Line 1
* Potrero metro station

Related|

* 2023 Mexico City Metro train crash
* Hotel de México
* Insurgentes (Steven Wilson album)

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Paseo de la Reforma

Buildings|

* Auditorio Nacional
* Chapultepec Uno R509
* Centro de Cultura Digital
* Church of San Hipólito
* Embassy of the United States in Mexico City
* Edificio El Moro
* National Lottery for Public Assistance
* Esquina de la Información
* HSBC Tower
* Mexican Stock Exchange
* Museo de Arte Moderno
* Museo Rufino Tamayo
* National Museum of Anthropology
* Reforma 222
* Sheraton Hotel
* St. Regis
* Torre BBVA México
* Torre del Caballito
* Servicio de Administración Tributaria
* Torre Diana
* Torre MAPFRE
* Torre Mayor
* Torre Reforma
* Torre Reforma Latino

Formerly|

* Cine Latino
* Former Aeroméxico Headquarters Building
* Glorieta del Caballito
* Equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain
* Monument to Christopher Columbus
* Monumento a los Indios Verdes
* Statue of Heydar Aliyev

Landmarks, monuments
and statues|

* Angel of Independence
* Antimonumento +43
* Antimonumento +72
* Diana the Huntress Fountain
* El Ángel de la Seguridad Social
* El Caballito
* Estela de Luz
* Fuente de la República
* Glorieta de la Palma
* Glorieta de las mujeres que luchan
* How Doth the Little Crocodile
* Monument to Cuauhtémoc
* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument
* Puerta 1808
* The Young Woman of Amajac

Nearby|

* Avenida Bucareli
* Avenida de los Insurgentes
* Bridge of the Lions
* Chapultepec
* Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico
* Monumento a la Revolución
* Monumento a los Niños Héroes
* Parish of the Holy Child of Peace
* Puerta de los Leones

Transportation|

* Auditorio metro station
* Garibaldi / Lagunilla metro station
* Hidalgo metro station
* Mexico City Metrobús Line 7

Related|

* 2008 Mexico City Learjet crash
* Ferdinand von Rosenzweig
* Mexico City Marathon
* The Paseo (Kansas City, Missouri)
* Tlalli

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