Copilco station
Metro · 3 Line 3
Neighbouring stations
- 3Line 3Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad
The story behind the icon
The station icon is an image from the Olmec culture of the middle preclassic period (1100 to 600 BC) related to rain and merged with an aquatic serpent, giving as a result a kind of celestial dragon, later turned into the God of Water.
Copilco in the Mexica dialect means in the Royal Crown.
The Copilco area is a cemetery that was covered by layers of lava four to six metres thick thrown out by the Xitle volcano when it erupted, which gave rise to the Pedregales.
When excavations were carried out, many skeletons were found that remain in their original places; in some spots ceramic articles were found that are believed to have been placed there as funerary offerings. According to studies by expert archaeologists, these burials have existed for more than 500 years BC, that is to say, approximately 2500 years ago.