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curious thing:
the Chapultepec Castle, large building in a forest, in mexico, appears in a 1521 map.
the Castle:
The Chapultepec Castle, big building in Chapultepec forest, appears in a 1521 map!
until today, I didnt know that the Castle had that ovals.
it looks like they built over the top of it.
mexico, tenochtitlan, was conquered in 1521 , and the castle is already in the map titled "Tenochtitlan, 1521".
map in :
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_00503/?r=0.416,0.61,0.128,0.059,0
the site says:
How the map came to Sweden is not known..
publication 1550.
"in 1530, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, decreed the Chapultepec forest as the property of Mexico City.
Since then, the viceroys of New Spain frequented the place to walk, rest and hunt deer, hares and rabbits. During the rule of Luis de Velasco y Ruiz de Alarcón, a palace was built on one of the slopes of Chapultepec that would serve for the next couple of centuries as a temporary accommodation site for the viceroys before their arrival in the capital of New Spain, although it would also be used for entertainment events. After suffering severe damage from the explosion of a nearby powder magazine in the mid-18th century, the site was abandoned despite an initiative by the Spanish Crown to be used as the Acordada prison."
the castle was supossed to start to be built under the government of Luis de Velasco y Ruiz de alarcon. but he arrived to mexico city in november 25, 1950.
he died on july 25, 1564.
the curious thing is that: Chapultepec Castle existed in the Tenochtitlan 1521 map, before it was started to be built after 1551? ....
and, at the bottom of the map:
the Chapultepec Castle, large building in a forest, in mexico, appears in a 1521 map.
the Castle:
until today, I didnt know that the Castle had that ovals.
it looks like they built over the top of it.
mexico, tenochtitlan, was conquered in 1521 , and the castle is already in the map titled "Tenochtitlan, 1521".
map in :
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_00503/?r=0.416,0.61,0.128,0.059,0
the site says:
How the map came to Sweden is not known..
publication 1550.
"in 1530, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, decreed the Chapultepec forest as the property of Mexico City.
Since then, the viceroys of New Spain frequented the place to walk, rest and hunt deer, hares and rabbits. During the rule of Luis de Velasco y Ruiz de Alarcón, a palace was built on one of the slopes of Chapultepec that would serve for the next couple of centuries as a temporary accommodation site for the viceroys before their arrival in the capital of New Spain, although it would also be used for entertainment events. After suffering severe damage from the explosion of a nearby powder magazine in the mid-18th century, the site was abandoned despite an initiative by the Spanish Crown to be used as the Acordada prison."
the castle was supossed to start to be built under the government of Luis de Velasco y Ruiz de alarcon. but he arrived to mexico city in november 25, 1950.
he died on july 25, 1564.
the curious thing is that: Chapultepec Castle existed in the Tenochtitlan 1521 map, before it was started to be built after 1551? ....
and, at the bottom of the map: