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 Guerrero to the west and Avenida Hidalgo to the south.

The origins of the modern colonia begin in the first half of the 19th century, but most of its development occurred as a residential area in the late 19th and early 20th.

The former monastery building and hospital now house the Franz Mayer Museum, but the church still maintains its original function.

Most of its interior decorations are gone, but it is still home to two important images, the Christ of the Seven Veils and the Virgin of the Remedies (also called La Gachupina).The church is located on the east side of the Plaza of Santa Veracruz, between 2 de Abril and Valeriano Trijillo Streets facing Hidalgo Street and the Alameda Central .

[5] The Franz Mayer Museum is located in the Plaza of Santa Veracruz, in a building which used to be the first hospital built by the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God in America.

Government authorities decided to demolish the rest of the church and rebuild it, keeping the old facade and towers which had not been damaged significantly.

Named streets around that time included Zarco, Humboldt, Guerrero, Zaragoza, Nonoalco (today Ricardo Flores Magón), Violeta, Magnolia, Moctezuma, Mosqueta and Degollado y Camelia.

[2] The cemetery belonging to Santa Maria La Redonda still existed at that time, which was primarily used to bury people of few means.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna also buried the leg he lost in Veracruz during the Pastry War, but it was removed from here sometime later.

[2] The first urban train in Mexico City passed through this area, heading north to the Villa of Guadalupe and operated in the mid 19th century.

At the beginning of the 20th century, electric trolleys were introduced, with two lines passing through here, one providing service from between San Juan and Lerdo and the other between the Zócalo and ending here.