CHAPULTEPEC


Meaning of CHAPULTEPEC in English

Rocky hill, southwest of Mexico City , Mexico.

The Aztec s fortified it and built a religious centre and a residence for their rulers in the early 14th century. The Spanish conquistador es built a chapel in 1554, and in the 1780s the Spanish viceroys constructed a summer palace there that later became the home of the National Military Academy (1841). The hill was captured by a U.S. assault (1847) in the Mexican War . In the 1860s Mexico's Emperor Maximilian rebuilt the castle; it remained the official residence of Mexican presidents until 1940, when it was converted into a museum.

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