Garibaldi / Lagunilla (formerly Garibaldi) is a station on the

Mexico City Metro The Mexico City Metro ( es, Metro de la Ciudad de México) is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in Mexico State. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it i ...

. It is a transfer station, serving both Lines 8 and B. It is the northern terminus of Line 8.

Name and pictogram

The station's logo depicts a

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and a ''

sarape The serape or jorongo is a long blanket-like shawl/ cloak, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn in Mexico, especially by men. The spelling of the word sarape (or zarape) is the accepted form in Mexico and in other Spanish-s ...

''.

Plaza Garibaldi Plaza Garibaldi is located in historic downtown Mexico City, on Eje Central (Lázaro Cárdenas) between historic Calle República de Honduras and Calle República de Peru, a few blocks north of the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The original name of th ...

is a large square near the metro station which was named in honor of

Giuseppe Garibaldi II Brigadier-General Giuseppe Garibaldi II (29 July 1879 – 19 May 1950), better known as Peppino Garibaldi, was an Italian soldier, patriot and revolutionary, and grandson of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Biography Garibaldi was born in Melbourne, Austr ...

, the grandson of Italian hero

Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...

. The square is famous for the many groups of

Mariachi Mariachi (, , ) is a genre of regional Mexican music that dates back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico. The usual mariachi group today consists of as many as eight violins, t ...

musicians who gather there and for the large numbers of visitors who come to eat, drink, and listen to music in the nearby

cantina A cantina is a type of bar common in Latin America and Spain. The word is similar in etymology to " canteen", and is derived from the Italian word for a cellar, winery, or vault. In Italy, the word ''cantina'' refers to a room below the grou ...

General information

Garibaldi is located on the northern fringes of

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of ...

's historical downtown district or

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, it also serves

Colonia Guerrero Colonia Guerrero is a colonia of Mexico City located just north-northwest of the historic center. Its borders are formed by Ricardo Flores Magón to the north, Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas and Paseo de la Reforma to the east, Eje1 Poniente Guerre ...

, and

Colonia Morelos Colonia Morelos is a colonia located just north of the historic center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc borough. It has been a poor area since Aztec times, with many residents today living in large tenements called vecindades. The area, parti ...

. Garibaldi's Line 8 platform first opened to passengers in July 1994 and the Line B connection started in December 1999. In May 2017 a permanent exposition about Mexican

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

idols was inaugurated in the station. This included murals and photographies of prominent Mexican boxers such as Raúl Macías,

Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez González (; born July 12, 1962), also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. A multiple-time world champion in three weight divisions, Chávez was liste ...

Mariana Juárez María Anastasia Trejo (born 29 January 1980), better known as Mariana Juárez, is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a former two-division world champion, having held the WBC female flyweight title from 2011 to 2012 and the WBC female bantamw ...

Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2011. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBO junior featherweight title twice betwee ...

, Pipino Cuevas and

Saúl Álvarez Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin (Shaul), meaning "ask/question". People named Saul include: * Saul Adadi (1850–1918), Sephardic Hakham and rosh yeshiva in the Tripoli Jewish community * Saul Alinsky (1909–1972), American polit ...

Ridership

Gallery

Estación Emblemática “Ídolos del Boxeo Mexicano” -i---i- (34680337075).jpg, Station decorated with murals of several prominent Mexican boxers

References

External links

* Garibaldi Lagunilla Railway stations opened in 1994 1994 establishments in Mexico Railway stations opened in 1999 1999 establishments in Mexico Mexico City Metro Line B stations Mexico City Metro stations in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Accessible Mexico City Metro stations Paseo de la Reforma {{mexico-metro-stub