First major exhibition on the path of Hernán Cortés in Mexico

The Madrid hosts the first major exhibition on the path of Hernán Cortés in Mexico. From December 3rd until May 3, 2015, 'Itinerary Hernán Cortés' will show the story of the historical events that occurred from 1519, when the arrival of Extremadura hidalgo Mexican territory. A single sample in the world that has been submitted by the regional president, Ignacio González.

The regional president, who was accompanied by the Minister of Presidency, Justice and Spokesman of the regional government and president of Canal de Isabel II Management, Salvador Victoria, and the Ambassador of Mexico in Spain, Roberta Lajous Vargas, said that this exhibition on Figure of the conqueror and decision-Mexico, also aims to be a tribute to our brother country and its ancient culture.

The exhibition was developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico and the Real Academia de la Historia of Spain. It can be seen nearly 400 works lent by these institutions and 47 other national and international museums. Your goal is to try to reflect the world as it changed from that contact between civilizations.

In Extremadura the Aztec empire

 "Itinerary of Hernán Cortés" is curated by the Perpetual Antique of the Real Academia de la Historia, Martin Almagro-Gorbea and academic of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Cristina Mats. The exhibition is divided into seven areas that run from the origins of the frontier conqueror to the splendor of the Aztec empire, to other historical aspects as the reconstruction of Mexico-Tenochtitlan or the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

Among the pieces that may be seen include the "Head eagle warrior" from the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico, the "Sword call Hernán Cortés" National Heritage, "The cap" of the Real Academia de la Historia. It also has important documents such as the "Codex Osuna" loan from the National Library or the "Testament of Hernán Cortés" Provincial Historical Archive of Seville and some paintings like "The Equestrian Portrait of Viceroy Bernardo de Galvez" National Museum of History Castillo de Chapultepec.

The conquest of Mexico was one of the most important events of the early modern period. The Crown of Castile was booming after the end of the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula and start the discovery of America. Hernan Cortes, son of Extremadura gentlemen, was apparently one of the thousands of young people who had decided to make his fortune in the New World.

 The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Sunday and Monday closed to the public. The ticket price is 7 euros overall, 3.5 reduced and free for children under 6 years old, unemployed and people with disabilities. There will also be free children's workshops for children between 3 and 12 years, in which they can build a model of Aztec pyramid, a feather headdress as the Emperor Moctezuma or complete a travel diary with questions about history, geography or navigation.

The Hernán Cortés is the twelfth major exhibition passing through Canal Art, the exhibition hall of Canal de Isabel II Management, next to the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid. Precisely, now ten years since opening to the public with the exhibition "Warriors of Xi'an" and since then has received nearly 3 million visitors.

The room occupies half of the first of the four modules of the fourth buried Canal de Isabel II in Madrid reservoir management, and is a structure first half of the twentieth century, with capacity for 141,000 cubic meters of water. Situated 9 meters deep with respect to the Plaza de Castilla, and 5 meters in relation to the Paseo de la Castellana, has an exhibition area of ??over 2,000 square meters. His conditioning was performed with maximum respect for original construction, similar to the ancient Romans and Arabs cisterns.

Fundación Canal at Plaza de Castilla (Madrid)

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