Coyoacan
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| Country | Mexico | |
| Capital district | Mexico city | |
| surface | 54.1 km² | |
| Residents | 620,416 (2010) | |
| density | 11,470.9 inhabitants per km² | |
| Website | coyoacan.df.gob.mx | |
| INEGI no. | 09003 | |
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| Jefe delegacional | José Valentín Maldonado Salgado | |
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Coordinates: 19 ° 20 ′ 58 " N , 99 ° 9 ′ 42" W.
Coyoacán ( place of the coyotes in Nahuatl ) is a southern municipality ( delegación ) of Mexico City , which was an independent municipality until the formation of the municipal districts ( delegaciones ) in 1929.
Transport links
Metro line 3 runs under Avenida Universidad, which forms the western border of Coyoacán. The best way to get to the center of Coyoacán is to get off the train at Coyoacán station (in the north, not far from Avenida Río Churubusco ), Viveros (in the immediate vicinity of the city park Viveros de Coyoacán ) or Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (in the south, on Avenida Miguel Ángel de Queveda).
Metro line 2 runs east of the center of Coyoacán, and its General Anaya station is located below the Calzada de Tlalpan about 2 km from the central Plaza Hidalgo.
history
The first mention of the pre-Hispanic village of Coyohuacan is found in the records of Chimalpahin (1579-1660). According to these, the place must have existed as early as 1330 and have been populated in great numbers even then. Coyoacán also played an important role in the early history of Spanish colonization under Cortés . After his troops had defeated and destroyed Tenochtitlan , Cortés settled in Coyohuacan in 1521 and founded the first city council of New Spain . Here and in the nearby valley of Cuauhnahuac he began to grow sugar cane, wheat and fruit trees imported from Spain. During the rebuilding of Mexico City, Cortés stayed in Coyohuacan until 1523, which at that time had a population of about 7,000. Until the mid-19th century, Coyoacán was mainly famous for its gardens and springs and attracted a number of domestic and foreign artists as a place of residence.
Buildings
The internationally most famous attractions of Coyoacán are the Casa Azul , in which Frida Kahlo was born and spent most of her life, as well as the current Museo Casa León Trotsky , which Kahlo gave to the Russian revolutionary who immigrated to Mexico and in which Jaime Ramón Mercader gave it del Río Hernández was murdered with an ice pick. Both properties are located in Colonia del Carmen and are now museums .
In Plaza Hidalgo , the main square of the district, are the remains of the San Juan Bautista Monastery, founded by Dominicans in 1528 . The Jardín del Centenario , which borders Plaza Hidalgo in the west , formed the spacious forecourt of the monastery at the time. In the middle of the park is a statue with two coyotes, the namesake of the community.
On the western border of Coyoacán is the small church of San Antonio de Panzacola on the corner of Avenidas Universidad and Francisco Sosa . The Chapel of Saint Anthony of Panzacola dates back to the 18th century and has inspired numerous artists.
The original monastery of Santa María de los Ángeles in the district of Churubusco was at the site of a once mighty in the 16th century temple of the Aztecs built. Between 1676 and 1678 the church and monastery were completely rebuilt. On August 20, 1847, Mexican troops confronted the North American invaders at that location . Although they ultimately had to surrender to the superior, they are revered to this day.
The Ciudad Universitaria and to their built Estadio Olímpico Universitario , home ground of the football club UNAM Pumas and venue of the 1968 Summer Olympics , are also located in Coyoacán like in the colonia Santa Ursula Coapa Located Aztec Stadium , which both from Club America as well as the National team is used as home ground and twice hosted a World Cup finals ( 1970 and 1986 ).
Resident of Coyoacan
- David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974), painter and printmaker
- Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009), writer and politician
- Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002), photographer
- Raúl Anguiano (1915-2006), painter
- Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), Spanish-Mexican filmmaker
- Carol II (1893–1953), King of Romania
- Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), musician
- Antonio Castro Leal (1896–1981), lawyer and literary scholar
- José Chávez Morado (1909–2002), artist
- Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), Spanish conquistador, lived here from 1521 to 1523
- Francisco Díaz de León (1897–1975), graphic artist
- Laura Esquivel (born 1950), writer
- Emilio Fernández (1904–1986), actor and director
- Gabriel Figueiroa (1907-1997), cameraman
- Arturo García Bustos (1926-2017), painter
- Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), Colombian writer
- Jorge González Camarena (1908–1980), painter and sculptor
- José Gorostiza (1901–1973), poet and diplomat
- Ángela Gurría (* 1929), sculptor and first female member of the Academia de Artes
- Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928-1983), writer
- Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), painter, lived in Casa Azul , calle Londres 247 (corner of calle Ignacio Allende)
- Rina Lazo Wasen (1923–2019), Guatemalan painter and graphic artist
- Magda Lupescu (1896–1977), wife of King Carol II (see above)
- Malinche (approx. 1505 – approx. 1529), interpreter for Hernán Cortés, in the Casa Colorada or Casa de la Malinche at Plaza La Conchita . It shows the sixth mural by the first female muralist Aurora Reyes Flores, who also lived in Coyoacán (see below).
- Carlos Montemayor (1947-2010), writer and singer
- Francisco Moreno Capdevila (1926–1995), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Salvador Novo (1904–1974), writer, calle de Salvador Novo
- Zelia Nuttall (1857–1933), American archaeologist and anthropologist
- Juan O'Gorman (1905–1982), architect and painter
- Pablo O'Higgins (1904–1983), painter and co-founder of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios
- Diego de Ordás (1485–1532), Spanish conquistador, Avenida Francisco Sosa 4
- José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), painter
- Octavio Paz (1914–1998), writer and diplomat, Avenida Francisco Sosa 383
- Feliciano Peña (1915–1982), painter, printmaker and sculptor
- Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1871–1946), painter
- Gustav Regulator (1898–1963), German writer and journalist
- Aurora Reyes Flores (1908–1985), painter
- Dolores del Río (1905–1983), actress, calle de Salvador Novo 127
- María Teresa Rivas (1933-2010), actress
- Diego Rivera (1886–1957), painter
- Francisco Sosa (1848–1925), historian and writer, Avenida Francisco Sosa 38
- José Juan Tablada (1871–1945), poet
- Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), painter
- Manuel Toussaint y Ritter (1890–1955), art historian
- Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), Russian revolutionary, Avenida Río Churubusco 410
See also
Web links
- Historias de Coyoacan
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Delegación Coyoacán (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Delegación Coyoacán (Spanish; PDF)
- Coyoacan - Coyohuacan
Individual evidence
- ↑ The establishment of the 16 boroughs of Mexico City ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)
- ^ Salvador Novo (Coordinador): Ciudad de México - V. Sus villas Coyoacan y Churubusco. (Mexico City: Artes de Mexico, 1968), p. 99ff
- ^ Salvador Novo (Coordinador): Ciudad de México - V. Sus villas Coyoacan y Churubusco. (Mexico City: Artes de Mexico, 1968), pp. 101f
- ^ Salvador Novo (Coordinador): Ciudad de México - V. Sus villas Coyoacan y Churubusco. (Mexico City: Artes de Mexico, 1968), p. 102f
- ^ Salvador Novo (Coordinador): Ciudad de México - V. Sus villas Coyoacan y Churubusco. (Mexico City: Artes de Mexico, 1968), p. 104
- ↑ Sights in Coyoacán (Spanish)
- ↑ Official website of the Delegación Coyoacán ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)
- ↑ a b c d En Coyoacán con Frida Kahlo ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish; article from August 23, 2012)
- ^ A b Alberto Pulido Silva: Coyoacan - Historia y Leyenda (Mexico City: Dr. Alberto Pulido Silva y Editores Asociados, SA, 1980), p. 123
- ↑ a b c d e Presentation of a book about Coyoacán (Spanish) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Salvador Novo (Coordinador): Ciudad de México - V. Sus villas Coyoacan y Churubusco. (Mexico City: Artes de Mexico, 1968), p. 101
- ^ Salvador Novo (Coordinador): Ciudad de México - V. Sus villas Coyoacan y Churubusco. (Mexico City: Artes de Mexico, 1968), p. 100ff
- ^ Alberto Pulido Silva: Coyoacan - Historia y Leyenda (Mexico City: Dr. Alberto Pulido Silva y Editores Asociados, SA, 1980), p. 116ff
- ^ A b c Alberto Pulido Silva: Coyoacan - Historia y Leyenda (Mexico City: Dr. Alberto Pulido Silva y Editores Asociados, SA, 1980), p. 120
- ↑ a b c d e f g Alberto Pulido Silva: Coyoacan - Historia y Leyenda (Mexico City: Dr. Alberto Pulido Silva y Editores Asociados, SA, 1980), p. 121
- ^ Alberto Pulido Silva: Coyoacan - Historia y Leyenda (Mexico City: Dr. Alberto Pulido Silva y Editores Asociados, SA, 1980), p. 104
