Medellín de Bravo, formerly known as Tecamachales, is a town in the
Mexican state
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of
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
, and the capital of the
municipality of Medellín. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
.
History
In pre-Columbian America the place was called ''Tecamachales''. After the battle of
La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of th ...
in 1520,
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions o ...
ordered
Gonzalo de Sandoval
Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497 – late 1528) was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain (Mexico)Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, and briefly co-governor of the colony while Hernán Cortés was away from the capital ...
to found Medellín. In the year 1529,
Don Juan de Zumárraga
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:
Places
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
* Don, Benin, a town in Benin
* Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gu ...
, bishop of Mexico, arrived in the town for the inauguration of the local church, considered the second in New Spain, which received the name of ''San Miguel Arcángel''.
Festivals
In September, celebrations takes place in honour of the Archangel Michael, the patron of the town.
External links
Town website of Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz
Populated places in Veracruz
Populated places established in 1520
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