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Popularly known as the Barrio Antiguo (Spanish old quarter) comprise what is preserved from the historical quarter of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Currently located next to the Government Palace and the Macroplaza, it originally covered a larger space from the Santa Catarina River to 5 de Mayo Street, south to north, and from ...
Born in the Azores in 1547, Captain Alberto del Canto was commissioned by Martin Lopez de Ibarra to make settlements in name of New Vizcaya.Del Canto in 1577 the town of Santiago del Saltillo Minas de la Trinidad (), Minas de San Gregorio and villa de Santa Lucia at the Extremadura Valley and practically just marked a place called Santa Lucia on which today is the center of modern-day Monterrey.
Republic of the Sierra Madre: Nuevo León annexes Coahuila and again announces secession from Mexico. 5 February 1857 1857 Constitution: Nuevo León ceases to exist and becomes part of Coahuila. 26 February 1864 Nuevo León regains status as free state and integral part of the federation. 3 April 1864 Monterrey is declared capital of Nuevo León.
San Pedro Garza García (also known as San Pedro) is a city-municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León and part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.It is a contemporary commercial suburb of the larger metropolitan city of Monterrey between Puente de la Unidad and the Alfa Planetarium, including areas surrounding Calzada del Valle/Calzada San Pedro.
Monterrey (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY, Spanish: ⓘ) [7] is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico.It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. [5]
The Monterrey metropolitan area, also known as Greater Monterrey, refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey , the metropolitan area is the 2nd-largest in Mexico.
Palacio del Obispado on Cerro del Obispado in Monterrey. The Palacio del Obispado, Spanish for Bishop's Palace, also known as El Obispado or the Bishop's Museum, originally called Palacio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, is an 18th-century colonial building, located in Monterrey, Nuevo León state, Northeastern Mexico.
Nuevo León, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, [b] is a state in northeastern Mexico.The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi, and has an extremely narrow international border with the U.S. state of Texas.