Where is hernan cortes buried

During this heated public debate, Indalecio Prieto , the late PSOE leader, who served in the Republican government and was also living in exile in Mexico City, called for calm. In a moving column published in the Mexican press, Prieto acknowledged the secret grave site but at the same time asked for reconciliation. The church, located on a busy avenue in the old part of the city, almost appears abandoned. There is old furniture piled on one side while scaffolding and bags line against the opposite wall.

From a mere distance, the tomb is not noticeable — there are no signs pointing in its direction. But walking toward the end of the church and on the left hand side of the altar, an orange metal plaque placed about three meters above the floor can be seen.

Copy link. The women who made America. Archaeologists must still confirm it is his burial place, and hope to find his remains when they lift the stone slab in the coming weeks.

De Palomares was a prominent priest who died in and was buried inside the old cathedral, apparently near an altar. Barrera said stones near one end of the slab appear to be part of that altar.

Within 30 years of his burial, the first cathedral was already deemed too small and in bad shape to serve the thriving new colony. The second cathedral was built next to it between and the s, when the old cathedral was torn down and, apparently, quickly forgotten. At some time before Mexico gained its independence in , someone drilled a hole into the ground where the tomb stands and sank a wooden post or a cross into the tomb.

The capstone slab bears a hole where the post stood and the stone is fractured into two parts, perhaps as a result. Archaeologists have long known the Spaniards often appeared to prefer to build their churches atop Aztec temples, but it was thought that was for symbolic purposes, to signal the displacement of old Aztec gods by the Christian church.

According to journalistic chronicles from the time, Dr. Trillo, the benefactor of the hospital, delivered the urn. The INAH investigators found inside a metal tube with the original document that certified its authenticity. The Yucatan Times Newsroom. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.