Santa María la Redonda is a traditional neighborhood located in the
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler (''tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle" ...
municipality 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 o ...
now part of
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 ...
close to
Tepito
Tepito is a barrio located in Colonia Morelos in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City bordered by Avenida del Trabajo, Paseo de la Reforma, Eje 1 and Eje 2. Most of the neighborhood is taken up by the colorful tianguis, a traditional open-air ...
and
La Lagunilla
La Lagunilla Market is a traditional public market in Mexico City, located about ten blocks north of the city's main plaza, in a neighborhood called La Lagunilla. The market is one of the largest in the city and consists of three sections: one f ...
. Even though it is not a formal colonia, Santa María la Redonda is a recognized and traditional zone formed after the
Conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico or the Spanish-Aztec War (1519–21), was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. There are multiple 16th-century narratives of the ev ...
on one of the four original neighborhoods (''campan'') of
Mexico-Tenochtitlan
, ; es, Tenochtitlan also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, ; es, México-Tenochtitlan was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was c ...
,
Cuepopan-Tlaquechiuhca.
Mesoamerican period
The current area of Santa María La Redonda was the Cuepopan-Tlaquechiuhca, one of the four ''campan'' or neighborhoods part of the original island of Mexico Tenochtitlan. As a ''campan'' the neighborhood has the right to have a main temple devoted to the area. This temple was located in the area that today is occupied by the
Temple of Santa María la Redonda, established in
1524
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Year 1524 ( MDXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 17 – Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, on board '' La ...
by
Pedro de Gante
Fray Pieter van der Moere, also known as Fray Pedro de Gante or Pedro de Mura (c. 1480 – 1572) was a Franciscan missionary in sixteenth century Mexico. Born in Geraardsbergen in present-day Belgium, he was of Flemish descent. Since Flanders, li ...
.
[{{Cite journal, last=Ornelas, first=Candy E., title=Síntesis Histórica de la Parroquia Santa María la Redonda, Ciudad de México, url=https://www.academia.edu/27504380, language=en]
References
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City