- La Antigua, Veracruz
La Antigua is a municipality in the state of
Veracruz ,Mexico . The city of José Cardel serves as the municipal seat.La Antigua is regarded as the first real Spanish town in Mexico.
In the town stands the house of
Hernán Cortés , a popular tourist attraction. The oldest church inthe Americas was founded here by Cortés in the early1500s .Hernan Cortes ' house, pictured below, was built in 1523 . The house was constructed with coral and other bits of local stone but now is completely covered with roots and vines. La Antigua also has one of the oldest structures in Mexico, the Edificio del Cabildo which seated the first "ayuntamiento" which means the local council built in 1523.Down by the river stands an old tree supported by chains, and it is to be believed that
Cortes moored his boat's there.La Antigua is also a municipality (pop. 606) in the province of León,
Castile-Leon ,Spain .
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