Sevilla metro station (Mexico City)
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Sevilla is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the centre of Mexico City, on Avenida Chapultepec and Sevilla street.[1] It serves colonias Roma and Juárez.[1]
The station logo depicts an aqueduct.[1] This is because above the station are the remains of a colonial era aqueduct, built in 1779, that ran between Chapultepec and Salto del Agua fountain.[1] It had 904 arches and a total length of some 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi).[1] The station is named for the Province of Seville in Spain.[1] It opened on 5 September 1969.[3]
Metro Sevilla is located near some interesting points of the city, such as the elegant tree-lined boulevard that is Paseo de la Reforma, the U.S. embassy, the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district, and the Torre Mayor, one of Latin America's tallest buildings.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sevilla" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Archambault, Richard. "Sevilla » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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