See also:

• MORELIA (formerly Valladolid)

MORELIA (formerly See also:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• MICHOACAN, or MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO

Michoacan, 125 M. See also:

• DIRECT

direct and 234 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail W. by N. of the city of Mexico, near the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern margin of the See also:

• GREAT

great Mexican See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, 6398 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, in See also:

• LAT

lat . '1)°42' N. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long., too° J4' W . Pop . (1900), 37,278, partly Indiansand mestizos . See also:

• MORELIA (formerly Valladolid)

Morelia is served by a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Mexican See also:

• NATIONAL

National railway; its station is outside the city, with which it is connected by a small See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway See also:

• LINE

line . The city is built on a rocky See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill rising from the Guayangareo valley, which gives to it a strikingly picturesque See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . It has the usual rectangular See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, with several See also:

• PRETTY

pretty squares and straight, clean, well-paved streets . Facing the plaza See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, now called the Plaza de los Martfres because of the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution there of the patriot See also:

• MATAMOROS

Matamoros in 1814, is the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, one of the finest specimens of the old See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

renaissance See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture in Mexico . Among its interior adornments is an See also:

• ONYX

onyx See also:

• FONT (Lat. fans, " fountain " or " spring," Ital. fonte, Fr. les fonts)

font, some See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood See also:

• CARVING

carving in the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir, and the See also:

• SILVER

silver doors to the shrines of its chapels . Opposite the cathedral is the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, which also contains the public library . The municipal government is. housed in an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco factory converted to public uses, and a fine old Capuchin See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent now serves as a public See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . The Paseo, or public See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park, is distinguished for its fine trees and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers .

The Morelianos are noted for their love of See also:

• MUSIC

music, and musical competitions are held each See also:

• YEAR

year, the best See also:

• BAND

band being sent to the city of Mexico to compete with similar organizations from other states . The public See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is brought into the city over a fine old See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct (3 m. in length, carried on See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches), which was built in X785 by the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese as a See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine See also:

• RELIEF

relief See also:

• WORK

work . In See also:

• COMMON

common with the state of Michoacan, Morelia is a stronghold of clericalism and conservatism . A large number of private See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools are maintained through Church See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in opposition to the public schools . Conspicuous among these is a large girls' school . Another institution is the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas de See also:

• HIDALGO
• HIDALGO (a Spanish word, contracted from hijo d'algo or hijo de algo, son of something, or somewhat)

Hidalgo, which was founded at Patzcuaro in 1540 by Bishop Quiroga (who had been sent into Michoacan to redress the wrongs committed by Nuno de Guzman), was removed to See also:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid (Morelia) a few years later to be combined with a See also:

• LOCAL

local college, and was rebuilt in 1882 . It is the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest existing collegiate institution in Mexico; in it Hidalgo once taught and See also:

• MORELOS

Morelos was a student . The city's manufactures include See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, woollen and See also:

• SILK

silk textiles, cigars and cigarettes, and dulces, or sweetmeats, Morelia being noted throughout Mexico for the latter, particularly for a variety called Guayabate . Morelia, first known as Valladolid, was founded in 1541 by See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

Viceroy See also:

• MENDOZA
• MENDOZA, ANTONIO HURTADO DE (1593?-1644)
• MENDOZA, DIEGO HURTADO DE (1503-1575)
• MENDOZA, PEDRO GONZALEZ DE (1428-1495)

Mendoza . In 1582 Valladolid replaced Patzcuaro as the capital of Michoacan . It was the birthplace of both Morelos and See also:

• ITURBIDE (or YTURBIDE), AUGUSTIN DE (1783-1824)

Iturbide, and was captured by Hidalgo at the beginning of the revolutionary outbreak of 1810—1 1, and by Iturbide in 1821 when on his See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march to Mexico City, where he was crowned See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor . Its name was changed to Morelia in 1828, in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the revolutionary See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader Jose Maria Morelos y Pav6n, and in 1863 it was made the see of an See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop .