#chapultepec castle

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A Napoléon figure on the arch of the Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City. Former Official residence of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.

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Chapultepec Castle, Mexico, photo by Helio R. Ponce

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Artist: José Inés Tovilla (Mexican, b. 1864)

Date: 19th century

Medium: Oil painting

Museo Nacional de Historia, Chapultepec Castle, Mexico

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence, and is recognized as the Father of the Nation.

A professor at the Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo in Valladolid, Hidalgo was influenced by Enlightenment ideas, which contributed to his ouster in 1792. He served in a church in Colima and then in Dolores. After his arrival, he was shocked by the rich soil he had found. He tried to help the poor by showing them how to grow olives and grapes, but in New Spain (modern Mexico) growing these crops was discouraged or prohibited by colonial authorities to prevent competition with imports from Spain. On 16 September 1810 he gave the Cry of Dolores, a speech calling upon the people to protect the interest of their King Ferdinand VII, held captive during the Peninsular War, by revolting against the European-born Spaniards who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray.

Hidalgo marched across Mexico and gathered an army of nearly 90,000 poor farmers and Mexican civilians who attacked Spanish Peninsular and Criollo elites. Hidalgo's insurgent army accumulated initial victories on its way to Mexico City, but his troops ultimately lacked training and were poorly armed. These troops ran into an army of well-trained and armed Spanish troops in the Battle of Calderón Bridge and were defeated. After the battle, Hidalgo and his remaining troops fled north, but Hidalgo was betrayed, captured and executed.

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Mexico City

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Chapultepec Castle

Chapultepec Castle is located in Mexico City, Mexico. The fortress was built in 1725 by Viceroy Bernardo de Gálvez to serve as the home for the Viceroy as the commander in chief of the Spanish colony, New Spain. After the Mexican War of Independence from 1810-1821, the structure was eventually used as a military academy in 1841. In 1847, it was the site of the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican-American war. In 1864 it was remodeled and additions were added. It became an official royal residence of Emperor Maximilian I, and his wife, Empress Carlota, who took residence during the Second Mexican Empire. It is the only castle in North America that served as a residence for royalty. Maximilian created the castle’s current floor plan and neoclassical style. In 1867, following the establishment of the Republic, Maximilian’s reign ended as President Benito Juárez regained power. Today, the castle houses the National Museum of History, the Hall of Viceroys with every viceroy who ruled Mexico from 1535-1821, impressive gardens, and marble terraces. The castle’s land has been inhabited since the days of the Aztec Empire. In the 15th century, the Aztecs built the aqueduct from Chapultepec to Tenochtitlan.

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Stained glass inside Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City, MEXICO

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El único castillo real en todo el continente americano, y se encuentra en la ciudad de México, construida en la antigua ciudadela de Tenochtitlán.

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Mexico city-ben egy hetet voltunk, lattunk sok mindent, de nem az osszes dolgot, amit szerettunk volna. 22 millio ember lakik a varosban, irtozatosan nagy, es hat a repulos kepbol mar gondolhattuk volna, hogy mennyire szmogos. Emellett november vegen kb 25 fok volt, ami eleg kellemes volt az oktober vegi iowa-i ho utan. 

A gazdasag ott sem eppen csucsra jaratott, szoval erdekes a varos, de nekem tetszett, hogy vegre regi epuleteket is lehet latni, es nem minden annyira steril, mint Amerikaban. 

Felmentunk a Chapultepec kastelyba is, ami a tortenelem soran volt mar minden is, mint peldaul kiralyi lak, elnoki lakhely, obszervatorium, hadaszati akademia, nemzeti tortenelmi muzeum, plusz az atekok szerint szent hely. 

A legfurcsabb, hogy itt sem volt szinte semmi kiirva angolul, elvegre is csak egy muzeumrol volt szo. Na de a kovetkezo helyen mar legalabb egy kulon angol nyelvu prospektust is kaptunk! 

A Templo Mayor Teotichuacan fo temploma volt, amit egesz jol megoriztek Mexico city belvarosaban. A haboru es a foldmuveles isteneinek a temploma volt, nekem ez a resz tetszett a legjobban.

Ezutan leultunk a Zocalo-nal, ahol vegigneztuk, ahogy epp rontast vesznek le az emberekrol egy nagyjabol ket perces rituale kereteben. Az kulon tetszett, hogy a beoltozott emberek a telefonjaikat kulon becsomagolva tartottak, hogy meg veletlenul se hozzak be a negativ energiat a muveletbe. Amugy nagyon klasszak voltak a jelmezek, meg a maszkok!

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