La Antigua, Veracruz, Mexico — The Gulf Coast (North America)
Second Municipal Council in the Americas
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 24, 2017
1. Second Municipal Council in the Americas Marker
a través de la Secretaría de Educación y en coordinación
con el H. Ayuntamiento de La Antigua.
Rehabilitan el recinto histórico donde se fundó
el segundo cabildo de América en el año de 1519, como
La Biblioteca
“Matías Ibarra Martínez”
al servicio de la comunidad.
La Antigua, Veracruz-Llave a 24 de junio de 2016
Profra. Xóchitl A. Osorio Martínez
Secretaria de Educación de Veracruz
Felipe de Jesús Fabian Medina
Presidente Municipal de La Antigua
La Antigua, Veracruz-Llave, June 24, 2016
Names of government officials
Erected 2016 by Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, a través de la Secretaría de Educación y en coordinación con el H. Ayuntamiento de La Antigua.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is June 24, 2016.
Location.
this page online
Regionally, this marker is in the Gulf Coast and in the Sierra Madre. Globally, it is in North America, specifically in Mesoamerica, in a Gulf of Mexico state, on the Ring of Fire, and in the Western Hemisphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, a Spanish colony, and the Aztec Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 24 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cempoala (approx. 16.4 kilometers away); Founding of Villa Rica de la Veracruz (approx. 23.2 kilometers away); Birthplace of Salvador Díaz Mirón (approx. 23.2 kilometers away); Luz Nava (approx. 23.2 kilometers away); Birthplace of Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (approx. 23.2 kilometers away); Mail and Telegraph Building (approx. 23.3 kilometers away); Monument to Spanish Exiles in Mexico (approx. 23.3 kilometers away); The Plaza of the Republic (approx. 23.4 kilometers away).
Regarding Second Municipal Council in the Americas. The very first 'cabildo' or municipal council in the Americas was formed at Villa La Isabela by the Spanish on the northern coast of what is now the Dominican Republic in 1494.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 24, 2017
2. Second Municipal Council in the Americas Marker
The marker is to the right of the main entrance of the restored cabildo building, now in use as a community library.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 24, 2017
3. Nearby 16th century Spanish ruins
Near the cabildo building are these preserved ruins of 16th century Spanish construction. The ruins were part of a town known as the Villa Rica de la Veracruz. This town was the seat of Spanish power on the Veracruz coast until 1600 when the city was moved to the present location of Veracruz near the fort of San Juan de Ulúa.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 24, 2017
4. Ruins of the Villa Rica de la Veracruz from the 16th century
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 24, 2017
5. The nearby church of the Parish of Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje
The church was originally constructed between 1568 and 1580, then reconstructed after a 1791 earthquake.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 432 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 27, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
