San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Viceroyalty of New Spain

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colonial town settlement in New Spain

San Cristóbal Ecatepec, in the State of Mexico during the Viceroyalty of New Spain, was a colonial-era town known as the site where Mexican independence leader José María Morelos y Pavón was executed.

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial town → settlement in New Spain →
administrativeStatus	pueblo (town) in the colonial administrative system →
country	New Spain →
dateOfSignificantEvent	22 December 1815 →
etymology	from Nahuatl "Ehécatl-tepētl" or "wind hill" (commonly rendered as "Ecatepec") →
eventLocation	execution of José María Morelos y Pavón →
hasHistoricalPeriod	colonial era →
hasMonument	later site of the Casa de Morelos memorial (in modern Ecatepec) →
hasReligiousBuilding	parish church of San Cristóbal →
indigenousLanguage	Nahuatl →
knownFor	execution of José María Morelos y Pavón →
language	Spanish →
locatedIn	New Spain → State of Mexico NERFINISHED → Valley of Mexico → Viceroyalty of New Spain →
namedAfter	Saint Christopher →
near	Mexico City →
partOf	Archdiocese of Mexico → corregimiento of Ecatepec →
preHispanicOrigin	Ecatepec (Nahua settlement) →
presentDayLocation	Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, Mexico →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
transportRoute	royal road between Mexico City and the northeast regions →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
José María Morelos y Pavón →	deathPlace