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Culhuacán Monastery
Culhuacan or Culhuacán may refer to: * Colhuacan (altepetl), a pre-Columbian city-state of the Valley of Mexico * Pueblo Culhuacán, a neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough of modern Mexico City * Culhuacán metro station, a Mexico City Metro station See also * Acolhuacan, a pre-Columbian province in the east of the Valley of Mexico {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colhuacan (altepetl)
Culhuacan ( ) was one of the Nahuatl-speaking pre-Columbian city-states of the Valley of Mexico. According to tradition, Culhuacan was founded by the Toltecs under Mixcoatl and was the first Toltec city. The Nahuatl speakers agreed that Culhuacán was the first city to give its rulers the title of "speaker" (''tlatoani''). In the sixteenth century following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Culhuacan was incorporated into colonial New Spain and called a ''pueblo'', but in local-level documentation in Nahuatl, residents continued to use the designation altepetl for their settlement. History Culhuacan was perhaps the first of the chinampa towns founded on the shores of Lake Xochimilco, with chinampas dating to 1100 C.E. From written records there is evidence that Culhuacan survived the fall of Tollan and maintained its prestige until the mid-14th century. According to the ''Crónica Mexicayotl'', transcribed in 1609, in 1299, Culhuacan's ''tlatoani'', Coxcoxtli, helped th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pueblo Culhuacán
Pueblo Culhuacán () is an officially designated neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, which used to be a major pre-Hispanic city. Ancient Culhuacán (altepetl), Culhuacán was founded around 600 CE and the site has been continuously occupied since. The city was conquered by the Aztecs in the 15th century, but the Aztecs considered the city to have status with early rulers marrying into Culhua nobility to legitimize themselves. After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Franciscan order, Franciscans and later the Augustinian order, Augustinians made Culhuacán a major evangelization center, with the latter building the monastery complex which remains to this day. Today, Culhucan is fully integrated into Mexico City physically and politically. This area was designated as a Barrios Mágicos of Mexico City, "Barrio Mágico" by the city in 2011. Modern Pueblo Culhuacán Culhuacan is one of the subdivisions of the borough of Iztapalapa, bordering the borough of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culhuacán Metro Station
Culhuacán is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro. The station is located between Atlalilco and San Andrés Tomatlán. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac. The station is located south of the city center, at the intersection between Avenida Tlahuac and Calzada Taxqueña. It is above the ground. The station is named after the ''pueblo'' of Culhuacán, which was an important prehispanic city and is now a designated " Barrio Mágico" within the borough of Iztapalapa Iztapalapa () is a borough (''demarcación territorial'') in Mexico City, located on the eastern side of the city. The borough is named after and centered on the formerly independent municipality of Iztapalapa (officially Iztapalapa de Cuitláhua .... The station's icon depicts the Aztec glyph for Culhuacán. Ridership References External links * Mexico City Metro Line 12 stations Mexico City Metro stations in Iztapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
