Urban development of Mexico City: cathedral, plazas, and the viceregal capital (1521–1800)

1. Cortés rebuilds palace complex on Aztec site

   Jan 1, 1521Labels: Hern n, Palace, Plaza Mayor

   • National Palace

2. Spanish redesign begins after fall of Tenochtitlan

   Aug 13, 1521Labels: Hern n, City grid, Plaza Mayor

   • Z calo
   • Plaza Constituci n

3. Plaza Mayor laid out using Templo Mayor stone

   Jan 1, 1524Labels: Plaza Mayor, Templo Mayor, Stone reuse

   • Plaza Constituci n
   • Z calo

4. Spanish Crown purchases palace for viceregal government

   Jan 19, 1562Labels: Spanish Crown, Viceroy's Palace, Cort s

   • National Palace
   • Pal cio Nacional

5. First stone laid for the new cathedral

   Jan 1, 1571Labels: Viceroy Mart, Archbishop Pedro, Cathedral foundation

   • Cathedral

6. Construction begins on Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

   Jan 1, 1573Labels: Metropolitan Cathedral, Construction, Plaza Mayor

   • Cathedral

7. Alameda Central ordered as a public park

   Jan 11, 1592Labels: Alameda Central, Viceroy Luis, Public park

   • Alameda
   • Alameda ES

8. Desagüe drainage works intensified after early-1600s floods

   Jan 1, 1607Labels: Desag e, Drainage works, Crown

   • Desag e

9. Great flood inundates Mexico City for years

   Sep 21, 1629Labels: Great Flood, Mexico City, Flooding

   • Flood 1629
   • CDMX Timeline

10. Cathedral is consecrated while still under construction

    Feb 2, 1656Labels: Metropolitan Cathedral, Consecration, Plaza Mayor

    • Cathedral

11. Corn Riot burns the Viceregal Palace and city buildings

    Jun 8, 1692Labels: Corn Riot, Viceregal Palace, Plaza Mayor

    • Riot 1692
    • National Palace

12. Parián market complex opens on Plaza Mayor

    Jan 1, 1703Labels: Pari n, Market, Plaza Mayor

    • Z calo
    • Encyclopedia com

13. Equestrian statue of Charles IV unveiled in the main square

    Dec 1, 1803Labels: El Caballito, Manuel Tols, Charles IV

    • Charles IV statue
    • Plaza Constituci n

14. Metropolitan Cathedral construction reaches completion

    Jan 1, 1813Labels: Metropolitan Cathedral, Completion, Plaza Mayor

    • Cathedral