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Bookmark or Share- Chapultepec Castle - WikipediaChapultepec Castle, along with Iturbide Palace, also in Mexico City, are the only royal palaces in North America which were inhabited by monarchs. It was built during the Viceroyalty of New Spain as a summer house for the highest colonial administrator, the viceroy.
- Battle of Chapultepec - WikipediaThe Battle of Chapultepec took place between a U.S. force and Mexican soldiers holding the strategically located Chapultepec Castle just outside Mexico City, fought 13 September 1847 during the Mexican–American War. The building, sitting atop a 200-foot (61 m) hill, was an important position for the defense of the city.
- Chapultepec - WikipediaChapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in Mexico, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,700 acres). Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is as an ecological space in Greater Mexico City .
- History of Chapultepec - Museo Nacional de Historia Castillo de ChapultepecThe Chapultepec forest has a history that goes back three thousand years. Pieces of ceramics and burials from the Preclassic period (2500 BC - 200 AD) are testimonies that tell us about the first settlers on the shores of Lake Texcoco.
- Chapultepec Castle – Mexico City, Mexico - Atlas ObscuraDiscover Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City, Mexico: The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.
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