In mid-1519, the Spanish hosts led by Hernán Cortés landed on the coasts of Veracruz, with the firm intention of exploring these new territories never seen before by European eyes.
In the middle of 1519, the Spanish hosts led by Hernán Cortés landed on the coasts of Veracruz, with the firm intention of exploring these new territories never seen before by European eyes.
During their long and heavy journey to Mexico City, which would culminate in the capture by blood and fire of the capital Tenochca, Cortés and his men had to face the attacks of the native Indians, one of the bloodiest being that that they received from the Tlaxcalans, who in the end, and after a brief truce, decided to join the Spanish to fight together with them, their staunch enemy, the Mexica people.
But after the conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the Tlaxcala capitals were not free and rather suffered the same fate as the rest of the indigenous cities, being almost completely destroyed, later erecting, on their ruins, the new constructions that would give identity to Spanish cities.
In this way, Tlaxcala, the current capital of the state of the same name, began to take its colonial image around the year 1524, when the first Franciscan missionaries who arrived in American lands decided to build their Convent, which currently houses an interesting Museum. Also, in those years, the outline of the Plaza de Armas was designed, which in our times is adorned by a kiosk and by an octagonal fountain that the King of Spain Felipe VI gave to the city in the 17th century; as well as the lush tree gardens, which invite the visitor to take a short break on a bench, while savoring a rich snow from the classic park vendor.
Right in front of the central square is the Government Palace, whose construction began around 1545 in a complex that formerly included the Mayor's Office, the Alhóndiga and some of the old Royal Houses. The façade of this building is a magnificent combination of the Plateresque styles of its portico and the Baroque of its balconies; inside, the palace houses the murals of the native artist Desiderio Hernández, in which the history of the Tlaxcala people is narrated, based mainly, among other sources, on the passages of History… of the religious Muñoz Camargo. Other outstanding constructions that the visitor can appreciate in the first painting of the friendly city of Tlaxcala are: the Municipal Palace; the Town Hall House and, of course, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
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