Church of the Hospital de Jesús Nazareno
Mexico City, Mexico
República de El Salvador 119, Centro Histórico, Mexico City, Mexico
GRAVE
VISITOR INFORMATION
Visit respectfully; the site is attached to an active hospital. Do not assume the actual burial chamber can be seen. Mexico City’s visitor page identifies the church beside the operating hospital and gives its address and contact details; it does not publish church admission hours. Parking: paid public garage at Calle de Mesones 55, a short walk from the Hospital de Jesús church; confirm current hours and rates.
Dependable current church hours and access to the burial place were not established in the reviewed source. Confirm locally before travel.
Consider November–April for more comfortable weather; confirm current access and visiting hours.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
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WHO WAS HERE
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PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
About Church of the Hospital de Jesús Nazareno
The remains of Hernán Cortés are interred inside the church adjoining the Hospital de Jesús Nazareno in Mexico City; the burial chamber is not a routine public display.
The hospital and associated church remain in use; preservation and public access must accommodate their active functions.
History happened here at Church of the Hospital de Jesús Nazareno
The hospital was founded in 1524 and has remained a major historic institution in the city.
Cortés’s remains were moved into the church in 1774 and concealed at another location inside it in 1882.
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
Hernán Cortés
EXTERNAL LINKS
Mexico City government, hospital church history and Cortés interment: https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/church-hospital-de-jesus-nazareno/?lang=en
Map coordinates: https://mapcarta.com/W217434884