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Basilica of Guadalupe, Roman Catholic church that is the chief religious centre of Mexico, located in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, a northern neighbourhood of Mexico City. The church was erected near the spot where two apparitions of the Virgin are said to have appeared to an Indian convert named.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (Feb. 2, 1848), treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War. It was signed at Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, which is a northern neighbourhood of Mexico City.
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The new basilica is to the west of the Atrio de las Américas and to the south of the Tepeyac hill. It was built due to the need to house the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and allow access to a greater number of pilgrims, as the old temple was unstable and dangerous.
• Explain the causes of the Texas War for Independence and the Mexican-American War and evaluate the provisions and consequences of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. • Analyze different perspectives on the Mexican-American War.
Dec 4, 2018 · Here’s what you need to know. Many of us probably have heard the story behind the construction of Mexico City’s Basilica of Guadalupe.
Aug 17, 2017 · In the lively Mexico City neighborhood of Tepeyac stands the most-visited religious site in the West: The Basilica de Guadalupe. The national shrine receives 20 million tourists and pilgrims a year and is the spiritual center of the devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, who was named the “Queen of Mexico and Empress of the Americas” in 1945.
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a small Mexican town called La Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the two warring nations agreed that Mexico would give up more than half of its territory—including California—in return for $15 million. Now, seemingly overnight, 525,000 square miles, or about 55 percent
