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The Niños Héroes (Boy Heroes, or Heroic Cadets) were six Mexican military cadets who were killed in the defence of Mexico City during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September 1847. The date of the battle is now celebrated in Mexico as a civic holiday to honor the cadets' sacrifice.
Bosques de las Lomas - Upscale residential neighborhood and business center. Centro - Covers the historic downtown ( centro histórico) of Mexico City. Condesa - Twenties post-Revolution neighborhood. Roma - Beaux Arts neighbourhood next to Condesa, one of the oldest in Mexico City. Coyoacán - Town founded by Cortés swallowed by the city in ...
Monumento a los Niños Héroes. / 19.4215515; -99.1794551. The Monumento a los Niños Héroes ("Monument to the Boy Heroes"), officially Altar a la Patria ("Altar to the Homeland"), is a monument installed in the park of Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico. [1] It commemorates the Niños Héroes, six mostly teenage military cadets who were ...
Major shrine. Basilica of Our Lady of El Valle. Feast. 8 September. Attributes. Blessed Virgin Mary. Patronage. Margarita Island. The Virgin of the Valley (Spanish: Virgen del Valle or Nuestra Señora del Valle) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in Margarita Island, Venezuela [1] and Catamarca, Argentina.
Paseo de la Reforma skyline. Paseo de la Reforma (literally "Promenade of the Reform") is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City.It was designed at the behest of Emperor Maximilian by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig during the era of the Second Mexican Empire and modeled after the great boulevards of Europe, such as the Ringstraße in Vienna and the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
For the Metrorrey station, see Niños Héroes metro station (Monterrey). / 19.419508°N 99.150581°W / 19.419508; -99.150581. Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX ( Spanish pronunciation ⓘ; formerly Niños Héroes) [2] is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. [3] [4] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico ...
The historic center of Mexico City ( Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México ), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central. [2]
Iguala mass kidnapping. / 17.55361°N 99.41028°W / 17.55361; -99.41028. On September 26, 2014, forty-three male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College disappeared after being forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, in what has been called "one of Mexico’s most infamous human rights cases". [1]