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  2. Mérida, Spain - Wikipedia

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    Mérida (Spanish: ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Province of Badajoz, and capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura.Located in the western-central part of the Iberian Peninsula at 217 metres above sea level, the city is crossed by the Guadiana and Albarregas rivers.

  3. Mérida, Yucatán - Wikipedia

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    One of Merida's twin mansions, known as the Cámara Houses or "Las Casas Gemelas" Cathedral of Mérida as it appeared in 2010. Mérida was founded in 1542 by the Spanish conquistadors, including Francisco de Montejo the Younger and Juan de la Cámara, and named after the town of Mérida in Extremadura, Spain.

  4. Timeline of Mérida, Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The 3rd presidential debate of the 2018 general elections is hosted at the Mayan Museum of Merida; Renán Barrera Concha becomes the 37th mayor. First constitutionally re-elected after the 2015 constitutional reform. 2019 The city hosted the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, receiving more than 30 of them.

  5. Mérida Municipality - Wikipedia

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    What now constitutes the head of the municipality of Mérida, was a pre-Hispanic Itza Mayan town called T-hó (Yucatec Maya language meaning "five hills"), which was founded around the 12th century AD. [1]

  6. Museum of the City of Merida - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of the City of Merida (Spanish: Museo de la Ciudad de Mérida), located in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, is home to artifacts and archeological pieces of historical relevance to the development of the city, from pre-Hispanic to contemporary times. [1]

  7. Mérida, Mérida - Wikipedia

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    The first to emerge were those near downtown. Then, due to the lack of real estate and in the search of quieter areas, neighborhoods were created far, at the time, from the city center. Some of these old spurs have now become part of the city. The following are the main neighborhoods of the city.

  8. Augusta Emerita - Wikipedia

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    Augusta Emerita, also called Emerita Augusta, [1] was a Roman colonia founded in 25 BC in present day Mérida, Spain.The city was founded by Roman Emperor Augustus to resettle Emeriti soldiers from the veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars, these being Legio V Alaudae, Legio X Gemina, and possibly Legio XX Valeria Victrix.

  9. Acueducto de los Milagros - Wikipedia

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    The Aqueduct of the Miracles is a Roman aqueduct in the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta –present-day Mérida, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania.It was built during the first century AD to supply water from the Proserpina Dam into the city.