Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain

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Valladolid, Michoacán, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain was a prominent colonial city in central Mexico, later renamed Morelia, known for its political and cultural importance in the late Spanish colonial period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial city
settlement
associatedWith Mexican War of Independence
country Viceroyalty of New Spain
culturalSignificance major cultural center in late Spanish colonial period
formerNameOf Morelia NERFINISHED
governedBy Spanish colonial administration
surface form: Spanish colonial authorities
hasFunction administrative center
ecclesiastical center
historicalStatus one of the principal cities of Michoacán in colonial era
knownFor colonial architecture
educational institutions
religious institutions
language Spanish
linkedTo Creole elite culture
colonial educational reforms
locatedIn Michoacán NERFINISHED
central Mexico
namedAfter Valladolid
surface form: Valladolid, Spain
partOf Spanish Empire
politicalSignificance important regional administrative center in late colonial period
presentDayCountry Mexico
presentDayLocation Morelia NERFINISHED
region Bajío and central-west Mexico
religion Roman Catholicism
renamedAs Morelia NERFINISHED
renamingReason to honor José María Morelos
role provincial capital
timePeriod late colonial period
urbanType planned colonial city

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José María Morelos y Pavón birthPlace Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain
José María Morelos y Pavón birthPlace Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: Valladolid (now Morelia), Michoacán, Mexico
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez placeOfBirth Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez placeOfBirth Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: Valladolid (now Morelia), Michoacán, Mexico