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Declared as Cultural Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO in 1991, the viceregal city formerly known as Valladolid is a cauldron heaped with beauty, where you can discover interesting historical passages in every corner, fundamental for the birth of the nation that embraces it.
If these streets could speak… Doña Flora Rivera said with a slight smile, a nice old lady that every afternoon watches as people pass by through the Melchor Ocampo Square in Morelia. I found her sitting in a bench shadowed by the imposing towers of the majestic cathedral, bench that for more than 76 year waits for her sharply at three o’clock where she sits to watch time pass by. Meanwhile, the years pile up one after the other as if the only purpose was to have more stories to tell to whomever wants to listen to them.
This was one of the first cities built by the Spaniards in the lands of what was the Nueva España (New Spain), back in the year of 1541 under orders of the first viceroy Antonio de Mendoza. Before the city was built, this great Valley of Guayagangareo –as our ancestors called it and which now is Morelia- was populated by tribes related to the Teotihuacan people and the Purepechas who were the people native of this place.
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