Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico — The Southeast (Yucatan Peninsula)
The Municipal Palace
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 12, 2017
1. The Municipal Palace Marker
Inscription.
The Municipal Palace. .
Palacio Municipal Patrimonio de la Nación. Edificado en donde estuvo la plataforma de un edificio prehispánico conocido como Backluumchaan desde la fundación de la ciudad española, el Palacio Municipal tal y como se aprecia, tiene su origen en una construcción de dos niveles con corredores y arquerías edificada en la colonia, y que ha tenido varias modificaciones. En este sitio se concretó la independencia de Yucatán de la Corona Española, así como su anexión a México., English:
Municipal Palace National Heritage. Built over the former platform of a pre-Hispanic construction known as Backluumchaan, the Municipal Palace evolved form (sic) a construction of two levels with hallways and arches built during Colonial times. This building has been modified several times and it was the place where the independence of Yucatan from the Spanish Crown was concreted, and its annexation to Mexico was established., Maya-Yucateco:
Palacio Municipal U ti’al tuláakal u noj lú’umil México. Beeta’ab tu yóok’ol tu’uk yan ka’ach jump’éel úuchben maaya naj ku k’aba’tik backluumchaan le ka káajsa’ab le noj caja, je bix u yilavala’ le palacioa’ ka yaal beeta’anil yéetel u yaanalo’obe’ yaan u arcoilo’ob beeta’an tu k’iinilo’ob le coloniao’, ba’ale’ dzo’ok u ke’e’exel ya’ab u tenla, te’el kúuchila’ ti’ beeykun jatzikubáa Yucatán tu yáanal u t’aan u ajawil españai bey xan u t’aak’al ti Meexico.
Palacio Municipal Patrimonio de la Nación
Edificado en donde estuvo la plataforma de un edificio prehispánico conocido como Backluumchaan desde la fundación de la ciudad española, el Palacio Municipal tal y como se aprecia, tiene su origen en una construcción de dos niveles con corredores y arquerías edificada en la colonia, y que ha tenido varias modificaciones. En este sitio se concretó la independencia de Yucatán de la Corona Española, así como su anexión a México.
English:
Municipal Palace National Heritage
Built over the former platform of a pre-Hispanic construction known as Backluumchaan, the Municipal Palace evolved form (sic) a construction of two levels with hallways and arches built during Colonial times. This building has been modified several times and it was the place where the independence of Yucatan from the Spanish Crown was concreted, and its annexation to Mexico was established.
Maya-Yucateco:
Palacio Municipal U ti’al tuláakal u noj lú’umil México
Beeta’ab tu yóok’ol tu’uk yan ka’ach jump’éel úuchben maaya naj ku k’aba’tik backluumchaan le ka káajsa’ab le noj caja, je bix u yilavala’ le palacioa’ ka yaal beeta’anil yéetel u yaanalo’obe’ yaan u arcoilo’ob beeta’an tu k’iinilo’ob le coloniao’, ba’ale’
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dzo’ok u ke’e’exel ya’ab u tenla, te’el kúuchila’ ti’ beeykun jatzikubáa Yucatán tu yáanal u t’aan u ajawil españai bey xan u t’aak’al ti Meexico.
Location. 20° 58.025′ N, 89° 37.462′ W. Marker is in Mérida, Yucatán. Marker is on Calle 62, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mérida YU 97000, Mexico. Touch for directions.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 12, 2017
2. The Municipal Palace Marker
The marker is underneath the covered archway of the Municipal Palace of Mérida.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 12, 2017
3. The Municipal Palace of Mérida
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 18, 2017
4. The Municipal Palace, seen towards the north.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 6, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 210 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on February 6, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 4. submitted on March 27, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
