Churubusco
Sign in to saveChurubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough () of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery (ex convento de Churubusco) at .
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- Mexico
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- Battle Churubusco.jpg
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Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough () of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery (ex convento de Churubusco) at .
The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli". Earlier attested forms that the adapted name took include Huycholopuzco, Ocholopusco, Ochoroposco, Uchilubusco, and Chulibusco. right|thumb|250px|Churubusco's monastery at the height of the 1847 Battle of Churubusco
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Churubusco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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