San Juan | |
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 Plaza Valentín Gómez Farías | |
 Location of Colonia San Juan (in red) withinBenito Juárez borough | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| City |  Mexico City |
| Municipality | Benito Juárez |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 3,637[1] |
| Postal code | 03730 |
Colonia San Juan is a neighborhood inBenito Juárez,Mexico City.
Colonia San Juan is located in theBenito Juárezborough, in southernMexico City.
The neighborhood is bordered by:[2][3]
The neighborhood is mainly a residential zone, with some small shops and businesses such as convenience stores, tailor shops, restaurants andtortillerías.
Thecolonia has one public plaza, the Plaza Valentín Gómez Farías, that dates back to the 17th century.[4] The former house ofMexican president Valentín Gómez Farías, where he was even buried some years after his death in 1858, is located on one of the sides of the plaza. The building now houses Instituto Mora, a public research school.[5]
Colonia San Juan has one church, the Parroquia San Juan Evangelista y Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Church of Saint John the Evangelist and Our Lady of Guadalupe) acolonial building, dating back to the 17th century.[5] The church has pieces of great artistic value, such as an oil painting of theVirgin of Guadalupe and a sculpture ofJohn the Evangelist.[6] The church is located in front of Plaza Valentín Gómez Farías.
Besides Valentín Gómez Farías, other notable historical residents include Mexican intellectualIreneo Paz, grandfather of Mexican writer and Nobel laureateOctavio Paz, who lived in a 19th century house that is still in the neighborhood but is now used as a house ofDominican preachers.[4]
Colonia San Juan is home to the Instituto de Investigaciones Doctor José María Luis Mora or simply Instituto Mora, a public research institution focusing on History, Sociology and Regional Studies. The institute is located in the building that was the house ofValentín Gómez Farías,President of Mexico for five short periods in the 1830s and 1840s.[7]
The area is served byMexico City Metro andEcoBici bikeshare.
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