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| Coyoacán takes its name from Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs), meaning, “Place of the Coyotes” or the “”Place Where Coyotes are Kept and Venerated.” Cortés founded the Valley of Mexico’s first municipality here, thus it was the first on the American continent. It’s known he had a residence here, but only vestiges of it remain, which were transferred to the municipal building, which people call the Casa de Cortés (“Cortés’s house”) even though it was built in 1755. There are some buildings in Coyoacán that are preserved from the Viceregal era (1521-1811), but the majority of small palaces, noble dwellings, and more rustic constructions correspond to architectural forms from the 19th century. Not a few are replicas built in the 20th. Both neighbors and neighborhood authorities have striven to preserve the neighborhood’s “frozen-in-time” aspect, which includes myth, anecdote and legend concerning everything from ghostly apparitions to deeds attributed to the international art and political celebrities that have called the neighborhood home. |
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