The origin of the name of the Alvarado Bridge Street dates from the early years of the Conquest. According to the legend of the withdrawal of the Spanish, Peter Alvaradoat the time of reaching the third cut of the road of tlacopan he stuck his spear into the objects that were looming over the water, later he jumped forward with all the momentum possible “and with a jump he saved the moat”, was one of the facts that prompted that name to be given in that way. street.
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This fact was the one that gave the name to one of the main avenues of Mexico City; “Alvarado Bridge”achieving that it will be preserved until a few years ago, a place where there was also a bridge and one ditch that ran from South to North.
Luis González Obregón in his book “The streets of Mexico”, expressed the testimony of Mr. Orozco and Berrawho had the opportunity to see the street in 1834stressed that he was cover on each side of the street (ditch)but for the year 1847 from the side South had a garden and one bathhousewhich later became Elysee Tivoli (where part of the ditch was discovered), while on the North there was a gate which was quickly covered by a wall and grid which at that time corresponded to a home that marked the number 5 and which is currently without a number facing Calle de Elíseo.
Likewise, an old aqueduct passed through that street, while the famous bridge was located near the former Tivoli. Today there are no traces of what was once a bridge and the place where the aqueduct circulated, however until last December August 2021 that name prevailed, since the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaumchanged it to Mexico-Tenochtitlan Causeway.
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On August 19, 2021, the nomenclature of the fourth section was carried out, which goes from Insurgentes Norte, in the West, to Rosales, in the East, in Mexico City, which it was renamed Puente de Alvarado to Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
At the time of making this change, the name and iconography of the stations of the Metrobús and Metro, lines 4 and 2, respectivelyThese actions were carried out to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Mexico-Tenochtitlan indigenous resistance.
It should be noted that even in Google Maps the change in the names was visible. In addition, during the ceremony, the UNAM professor and researcher, Federico Navarrete Linares, recalled that Puente del Alvarado bears the last name of the captainbecause the Spanish considered a just revenge his victory of 1521, The siege and destruction of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, by the Mexica attack of 1520.
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“Captain Peter Alvarado He is only recognized for the feat, not at all glorious, of having jumped over the corpses of his companions to save his life,” explained Navarrete Linares.
“They did it because he, Pedro de Alvarado, was the one who, in May 1520, ordered and carried out the treasonable massacre of thousands of unarmed youths, while they danced in honor of their gods, in the courtyard of the Templo Mayor (…) In this way, It was he who unleashed the war between the Mexicas and the Spanish.”, added the historian.
In such a way that Mexico commemorated two years ago the 700 years of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the 500 years of the conquest of Hernan Cortes and the 200 years of the independence of Mexico. In addition, a mega model was installed on the esplanade of the capital’s Zócalo.
