Colonia Villa de Guadalupe (also known as La Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo) is a former separate town, now a neighborhood in northern

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which, in 1531, was the site of the apparition of

Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe (), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to his uncle, Juan Bernardino reported in December 1531, when t ...

, the most renowned

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in the

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. She is venerated in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, located in the ''villa'' (town). The word Guadalupe comes from Spain, where it was originally the name of a river. La Villa de Guadalupe is located in

(formerly called the

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) within the

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of Gustavo A. Madero. The town was founded in 1563 and chartered as the city of "Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo" in 1828. The city was named after

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 ...

, the initiator of the

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. The

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Guadalupe Hidalgo. After the defeat of its army and the fall of the cap ...

which ended the

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was signed here in 1848.

References

''La villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo: Su historia, su estadística y sus antigüedades'', Juan de la Torre, pub. 1887
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External links

Tourism guide to La Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City government website
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Neighborhoods in Mexico City History of Mexico City Colonial Mexico Populated places established in 1563 1563 in New Spain 1848 in Mexico 1563 establishments in New Spain Our Lady of Guadalupe {{MexicoDistritoFederal-geo-stub

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