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Aztec Fun & Games
The Aztecs worked hard to build their city and were then able to enjoy every day in their beautiful and colorful
Tenochtitlan.
They themselves erected their capital over an islet, and made it flourish until they extended their power to the borders of the
Anauhuac valley.
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Benito Juarez The Benemerit of The
Americas
Benito Juarez
is undoubtedly one of the most important and revered
figures in Mexican history. Each March 21st marks the
anniversary of his birth and every primary school in the country
commemorates the man who consolidated the country as a republic.
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Don Benito Juárez
Benérito de las Américas
Benito Juárez
es, sin duda, uno de los personajes más importantes y recordados
en la historia de México. Cada 21 de marzo se recuerda el
aniversario de su nacimiento y en cada escuela primaria del
país, se conmemora a este hombre que consolidó el país en una
República.
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Cinco de Mayo
Mexicans are truly festive; any excuse gives way for a celebration! But the most important and exciting are the 16th of September, Independence Day and
Cinco de
Mayo, the Fifth of May.
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Doña Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Mexican
Independence Heroine
Doña
Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, a
Mexican patriot as well as a heroine
of Mexico’s Independence War,
made her name in history for her bravery when she risked
her own life alerting the rebel insurgents...
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Doña
Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Heroina de la Independencia de Mexico
Doña Josefa
Ortiz de Domínguez, patriota
mexicana y heroína de la
Independencia de México,
pasó a la historia por ser una mujer
valiente que arriesgó su vida...
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General Ignacio Zaragoza Cinco de Mayo
Hero
When "Cinco de Mayo" is mentioned in
Mexico, one of the most symbolic battles in the
Mexican collective unconscious immediately comes to mind: the
Battle of Puebla. General Ignacio Zaragoza, with only a
small army, took on the powerful French forces of Napoleon III
during the Second French Intervention.
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General Ignacio Zaragoza Héroe
del Cinco de Mayo
Cuando en México se habla del “Cinco de
Mayo”, inmediatamente llega a la
mente una de las batallas más
simbólicas del inconsciente
colectivo del mexicano: la Batalla de Puebla. El
General
Ignacio
Zaragoza hizo frente con
un pequeño ejército, a las potentes
fuerzas francesas de Napoleón III
durante la Segunda Intervención
Francesa.
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Don Miguel
Hidalgo Father of Our Independence
Late one September evening the name of
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became forever engraved in Mexico's history.
Since that night, his life as well as that of Mexico, changed radically.
Hidalgo took the banner with the image of the Virgin
Guadalupe and,
ringing the church bell....
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La Adelita
History & Lyrics
La Adelita is one of the most famous and representative ballads of the Mexican Revolution.
It was composed in honor of all the women who participated in the revolutionary war.
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La Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres
....created a special place in the Dolores cemetery of Mexico City to honor all the Mexicans who gave “prestige to the Nation.”
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Mexico Facts
Mexico is a Federal Republic
constituted by 31 states and a Federal District. The president is
directly elected to a non-renewable six-year term.
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The Legend of Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl, one of the main deities of
pre-Hispanic civilizations, is present in most of 15th-century
Mesoamerica. From the beginning, he has been attributed
countless mysteries: he is considered a man, a deity, a priest,
a myth or a legend.
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La Leyenda de
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcóatl, es una de
las principales deidades de las civilizaciones
prehispánicas, presente en casi toda la Mesoamérica del
siglo XV, que tiene desde su origen, un sin fin de
misterios: considerado por diferentes historias como un
hombre, un mito o una leyenda.
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The Mexican Revolution
On November 20, 2011 Mexico celebrates de Centennial Anniversary of its Revolutionary War.
On this date in the year 1910 the war overthrow dictator Profirio Diaz began...
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The Mexican Revolution Facts
The Mexican Revolution war began the 20th of November 1910
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16 de Septiembre El Grito de Independencia
El
Grito every 16th
of September is the Mexican Fiesta par excellence! On this day Mexicans all over the world celebrate Mexico’s independence from Spanish rule.
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