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The Center of Coyoacán
The Center of Coyoacán is where the political powers of the Coyoacán Delegation are concentrated. It is a plaza that consists of two beautiful gardens: the Hidalgo Garden and the Centennial Garden, and in its surroundings, there is a great wealth that you cannot miss.
The Center of Coyoacán has been for many years a meeting place and refuge for artists, philosophers, writers, and aristocrats. Its streets are full of stories because its constitution is woven together with the building of Mexico City, capital of this beautiful country.
What is Coyoacán?
Coyoacán represents the "place of those who have or have coyotes", from three Nahua voices: coyotl, hua (possession), and can (place). The term coyoacanense, arose between centuries Viii and Xii D.c, stage in which the site would have been founded, according to the parameters marked by diverse historians and cronistas.
Coyoacán, An Incomparable Neighborhood
Discover this incredible Magical Quarter, located to the south of the Df, where temples, old mansions, colonial squares, markets, museums, bookstores and crafts await you to enjoy an unparalleled day!
A little history
It is known that the population of Coyoacán was founded by the Colhuas of Culhuacán who, in the 7th century (around Ad 670), had it as a tributary.
Although soon after it regained its independence, later it was subordinated of Tepanecas of Azcapotzalco and finished submitted by the Mexican empire. The beautiful landscapes offered by Coyoacán, "place of coyotes", with its abundant springs, orchards, fields and multicolored flowers seduced Hernán Cortés, who established here the first City Council, which would govern briefly the capital of New Spain after the conquest Of Tenochtitlan. Franciscans and Dominicans undertook to evangelize the place: small chapels and beautiful temples were erected next to large baroque mansions that are still standing.
Among the important events that took place in this area in the nineteenth century is the Battle of Churubusco against the United States. Nevertheless, in the Thirties of the twentieth century Coyoacán remained a picturesque town, composed of its haciendas, ranchos and ejidal zones; This took him to be recognized like Typical Zone and Picturesque the 5 of October ofThe cultural vocation of Coyoacán was forged during the last century when a series of artists, writers, historians and scientists made of this site its meeting point And some even moved to live here.
Anecdotes of the place
Due to its magical atmosphere, abundant vegetation, tranquility and provincial characteristics, numerous personalities of the writers José Juan Tablada and Rubén M. Campos, pioneer Mexican art researcher Manuel Toussaint, came to reside in the old town of Coyoacán , The master and great chronicler Salvador Novo, the outstanding painter José Chávez Morado, the renowned artists Dolores del Rio, Emilio "indio" Fernandez, Frida Kahlo, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Diego Rivera, and political exile Leon Trotsky, among many others.
Take it into account
Some shops in Coyoacán are so well-known and traditional that, by themselves, they represent a reason to go to meet them. The famous canteen-restaurant La Guadalupana dates back to 1932; The bar-brewery La Puerta del Sol welcomes parishioners since 1918; And Siberian Ice Cream, the most famous of Coyoacan, delight visitors since 1930 with traditional and exotic flavors. El Jarocho coffee and its branches, the Mexican Bazaar Artesanal - with a varied sample of products - and the Mercado de Antojitos, where quesadillas, sopes, tacos, pambazos, pozole, and other Mexican juices are added to this group. .
All You Need For Your Trip
1. At the corner of the main street, known as Francisco Sosa (and long ago called Calle Real), along Avenida Universidad is the small Panzacola Chapel, built at the end of the 18th century, and whose façade presides over the figure of Saint Sebastian; Its semicircular apse attracts the attention because it reminds to the medieval towers of the European castles.
2. On one side of the Panzacola, an old bridge dating back to 1763 is preserved, and still, in the place, the passage of the waters of the Magdalena River. The Chapel and the bridge make up a whole that you can not miss!
3. Along the same street (Francisco Sosa), you can see some residences of famous people, like that of Miguel Ángel de Quevedo, on the corner with Panzacola ...
as well as the House of the Sun, where it is said that Venustiano Carranza drafted part of the Political Constitution of 1917.
5. Casa Alvarado is one of the icons of Coyoacán; Was a colonial fifth during the eighteenth century and its façade stands out for the series of ajaracas - ornamental elements of Mudejar style - that cover it. In 1713 it belonged to a merchant surnamed Alvarado, that is why it bears its name and not that of the conqueror as it is usually believed; The great poet Octavio Paz lived the last days of his life in her and at the moment is soothes of the National Fonoteca.
6. Along the same street Francisco Sosa, during the first half of the twentieth century, the tram, whose station, is today an elegant wine and cold meat store. Do not miss it!
7. To take a short break, the ideal place is the cozy and tree-lined Plaza de Santa Catarina.
8. On one side of the Plaza de Santa Catarina is the Chapel of St. Catherine of Siena, dating from the 17th century.
9. In front of Plaza de Santa Catarina, a large estate houses the Casa de la Cultura Jesus Reyes Heroles, from 1780, when a paper factory was established here; Its gardens are populated with ash trees, poplars and jacarandas, typical of the gardens of Coyoacán. You'll love it!
10, 11 and 12. Three more buildings are on the last stretch of the old Royal Street, with huge trees with large roots and fronds: the Italian Institute of Culture (10), erected between the 17th and 18th centuries; The House of Francisco Sosa (11), the "viceroy of Coyoacan", built in the 19th century; And the House of Diego de Ordaz (12), considered, for many coyoacanenses, the most beautiful of the street. It was built in the Vxii century, and under the drains of stone in the shape of a cannon stands out a series of drawings made by indigenous hands.
13 and 14. When we reach the center of Coyoacán we receive two stone arches supported by a pair of pilasters attached to a wall and beautifully carved by indigenous hands in the sixteenth century; Is one of the accesses that had the old atrium (13) of the Parish of Coyoacán, converted into the Centennial Garden (14), whose source to the center reaffirms the name of this place with the figures of a pair of coyotes.
15. Crossing the street of Centenario you will be in front of the Parish of San Juan Bautista, one of the oldest of the City of Mexico, whose cover was finished in-built by the Dominicans, it had three naves or interior corridors until 1933 were reduced to a single nave roofed with a huge vault where the artist Juan Fabregat painted scenes of the life of Jesus in striking medallions.
16, 17, 18, and 19. After a restoration process, Jardín Hidalgo (16), heart of Coyoacán, receives thousands of visitors every weekend; Stand out in the famous kiosk (17), built in France at the end of the 19th century; The sculpture of Miguel Hidalgo made by the sculptor Luis Arias; The work titled The Family of Josué Morales; And a shoot of the tree of the Tule, of Oaxaca, planted in the north side. In front of the kiosk is the House of Cortes (18), today the Coyoacán Delegation, erected around 1755; Stands out with its small portico that carries the bell used on the days of September 15 to give the Grito de Independencia. Inside, the Civil Registry Chapel (19) has a cover with an attractive baroque mixtilínic arc and houses two frescoes by the painter Diego Rosales: La Conquista and El tormento a Cuauhtémoc.
20. Now he takes Calle de la Higuera, which owes its name to the tree planted by the Spanish merchant Ginés Segovia; Drew so much attention from the neighbors that many of them planted an equal species in the gardens of their houses. At the end of this road you will see the Red House or the Malinche, another building of the Xvii century, whose façade shows the ajaracas as ornamentation. Legend has it that on this farm Cortés murdered his first wife, Catalina Juárez, in 1522 after his arrival in New Spain.
21. In front of the Red House we have the Plaza de la Conchita, one of the most welcoming corners of Coyoacán; The historians affirm that here was the prehispanic ceremonial center of Coyohuacan and, therefore, the original settlement of the Spaniards.
22. Cortes ordered a temporary chapel to be built in this place, where Mass was celebrated in which Dona Marina, Malinche, made her first prayers. The current temple dates from the eighteenth century and was dedicated to the Purísima Concepción; Its attractive facade shows a series of floral motifs.
23. Several museums complement this walk through the streets and gardens of Coyoacán, such as the Frida Kahlo Museum or Casa Azul, which exhibits the most important and representative of this great artist's pictorial work, as well as its collection of 2,000 altarpieces and ex votos , Clothing, utensils of common use and furniture.
24. For watercolor lovers, nothing better than the National Watercolor Museum installed in a house with beautiful gardens; This one offers the visitor a great collection of Mexican watercolors that go from the pre-Hispanic era until the present time.
25. In the National Museum of Popular Cultures, the various artistic expressions of the Mexican people have been in place Do not miss it!
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