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, and the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle", an ...

municipality of

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now part of

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close to

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and La Lagunilla. Even though it is not a formal colonia, Santa María la Redonda is a recognized and traditional zone formed after the

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on one of the four original neighborhoods (''campan'') of

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, 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 A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

, established in

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Pedro de Gante Pieter van der Moere, also known as Brother 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, lik ...

.{{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 , journal=Ciudad de México , language=en

References

Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City