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Cuernavaca (Spanish pronunciation: [kweɾnaˈβaka] ⓘ; Classical Nahuatl: Cuauhnāhuac [kʷawˈnaːwak], "near the woods" modern pronunciation ⓘ, Otomi: Ñu'iza) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcaltzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerican civilization. Olmec works of art ...
The municipality of Cuernavaca is located in the northwest of the state of Morelos, 87.3 kilometres (54.2 mi) south of Mexico City via Mexican Federal Highway 95D.To the north is the municipality of Huitzilac, to the south are the municipalities of Temixco and Xochitepec; Huitzilac, Tepoztlán, and Jiutepec are to the east; and Temixco and the municipality of Ocuilan in the State of Mexico are ...
It is divided into 36 municipalities [11] [12] and its capital city is Cuernavaca. Morelos is bordered by Mexico City to the north, and by the states of México to the northeast and northwest, Puebla to the east and Guerrero to the southwest. Morelos is the second-smallest state in the nation, just after Tlaxcala.
The Palace of Cortés (Spanish: Palacio de Cortés) in Cuernavaca, Mexico, built between 1523 and 1528, [1] is the oldest conserved virreinal-era civil structure in the continental Americas. The architecture is a blend between Gothic and Mudéjar , [ 2 ] typical of the early 16th century colonial architecture.
Acapantzingo (Spanish: [a ka pan ˈzɪn go]) is a barrio (borough or neighborhood) in the southeastern part of the City of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 2 km from the city center. [1]: 31 The Nahuatl name means on the slope of the reeds (acatl: reed; pan: on; tzinco or tzintla: slope).
Cuautla (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈkʷaʍt͡ɬa], meaning "where the eagles roam"), officially La heroica e histórica Cuautla, Morelos (The Heroic and Historic Cuautla, Morelos) or H. H. Cuautla, Morelos, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos, about 104 kilometers south of Mexico City.
[13] [16] Cortés built a palace in Cuernavaca, (now the capital of the state of Morelos), which is relatively close to Mexico city, where he had substantial holdings. House to house censuses from ca. 1535 in the Nahuatl language are extant for the Cuernavaca region, which give important information about the social and economic structure of ...
Ocotepec is a small town to the north of the city of Cuernavaca, but within the municipality of Cuernavaca, Mexico. [1] The name Ocotepec means “on the hill of the ocotes, or Montezuma pines.” It is located only minutes from the center of Cuernavaca on the highway that leads to Tepoztlán .