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Casa de la Corregidora, the house where Josefa resided during the conspiracy. Ortiz de Domínguez was the daughter of don Juan José Ortiz; [3] a captain of Los Verdes regiment, and his wife doña Manuela Girón [1] [3] Ortiz was born in Valladolid (today Morelia, Michoacán). [3] Her godmother was doña Ana María de Anaya. [1]
La estatua superior representa a Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, heroína de la gesta independentista. English: Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez monument located on Queretaro, Mexico, unveiled in 1910 to celebrate Independence centennial.
The Palacio de la Corregidora was originally called the Casas Reales y Cárceles (Royal Houses and Jails). Today it houses the government of the state of Querétaro. Its name comes from its most famous occupant, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, who was the wife of the mayor or corregidor of the city.
Josefa Ortiz was able to alert a fellow conspirator in the house next door, Ignacio Pérez. On September 15, 1810, Pérez rode to San Miguel, and from there to Dolores to give the warning. In the early morning of the following day, September 16, 1810, Hidalgo gave the Grito de Dolores , signaling the beginning of the war for Mexican independence.
Corregidora is a Mexican municipality in the southwest of the state Querétaro, on the border with Guanajuato. Its municipal seat is the town of El Pueblito ("little town"), which had a population of 44,305 in the 2005 census. It forms part of the metropolitan area of the state capital, Santiago de Querétaro. In area, it is the smallest of the ...
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