Nice stroll in the park, and then a visit to the castle,
Chapultepec Castle (
Castillo de Chapultepec in Spanish) is located on top of
Chapultepec Hill. The name
Chapultepec stems from the
Náhuatl word
chapoltepēc which means "at the grasshopper's hill". It is located in the middle of
Chapultepec Park in
Mexico City at a height of 2,325 meters (7,628 ft) above sea level. The site of the hill was a sacred place for
Aztecs, and the buildings atop it have served several purposes during its history; including that of Military Academy, Imperial residence, Presidential home,
observatory, and presently, the
Museo Nacional de Historia.
It is the only Royal Castle in the American Continent, as well as the only one in
North America that was used to house sovereigns: the Mexican Emperor
Maximilian I, and his consort
Empress Carlota, during the
Second Mexican Empire.
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| View from a garden in the Castle. |
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