INDEPENDENCE
Something people from Morelia are proud of is that the independence movement that freed Mexicans from the Spanish yoke was brewed over these same streets. This city is the birthplace of heroes like José María Morelos y Pavón, who is honored in the name of this city Morelia, changing from its former name of Valladolid. Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez was also born here; while in one of the schools in the area Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started his education.
The San Nicolás school was founded in 1540, in the city of Pátzcuaro, by the humanist Vasco de Quiroga who named the school Real Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo, honoring Saint Nicholas, Patron saint of Villa Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain, where he was born. In 1750 he goes to Valladolid, now Morelia, in 1767 Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo Costilla Y Gallaga enrolls in Colegio de San Nicolás, and in 1790 he is named headmaster of the same.
The most emblematic buildings in Morelia are of course the Cathedral that has a style that sticks to the baroque canons of the time and according to those that know, is one of the most beautiful in the country, and its historic square that is one of the best preserved in the world.
Also trademarks of the city are the aqueduct that was a construction that would feed the population for many centuries and now is a fundamental part of the scenery; as well as the Tarascas fountain, a lovely sculpture of three women with features and clothing representing Michoacán.
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