[3] Hernán Cortés arrived in Cuauhnáhuac (modern Cuernavaca) on April 13, 1521; after a brief battle where he sacked and burned the city, he retired to the beautiful garden of Acapantzingo, where the cacique (warlord) Yoatzin lived.
[4] The following morning was a Sunday, so Fray Pedro Melgarejo de Urrea celebrated what was to be the first mass in Cuernavaca before setting off to rape and pillage Xochimilco.
Acapantzingo was considered part of the Marquesado del Valle de Oaxaca property of Hérnan Cortés and his descendants until 1869 when it was integrated into the municipality of Cuernavaca after the erection of the State of Morelos.
He purchased a finca (estate) for her in front of the Church of San Miguel Acapantzingo; calling it El Olido in membrance of the lovers created by Italian poet Torquato Tasso: Olindo and Safronia.
In 1923 the Secretary of Agriculture converted this to an experimental farm,[1]: 55 and it 1976 it became a botanical garden under the direction of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH).
After Carral's death, 100 hectares (250 acres) were sold to Mauricio Urdaneta for the construction of the Tabachines subdivision and the golf club located there.
[1]: 117–118 During the 1980s a dispute between followers of Traditionalist Catholicism and mainline Roman Catholics led to the construction of the Church of the Virgen de Guadalupe on Ruíz Cortinez Street in Colonia San Miguel Acapantzingo.
Juan Guerrero (d. 2021) also built chapels in Jardines de Acapantzingo (Espiritu Santo or "Holy Spirit"), Tabachines, and the Ejido (San Isidro Labrador).
[1]: 72–97 In 1994, the office of Secretary of Development of the Environment (SEDAM) proposed seizing 270 hectares (670 acres) of land from the Ejido de Acapantzingo to make an Ecological Park.
The ejidatarios resisted, and in the year 2000 the Parque Ecológico San Miguel Acapantzingo opened on the site of the former state penitentiary in the Jacarandas subdivision, on the north side of Av.
The feast of San Miguel is celebrated with a fair including mechanical rides, a brass band, Chinelos, and fireworks on September 29.
The visitor will find a permanent exhibition on the historical background of the species that are reported in 16th-century codices as well as current studies on traditional medicine.
[17] One of the original prison cells still stands, and there is a traditional Cuexcomate (adobe and straw silo), a Byzantine-style mural titled Despertar en Primavera (Waking in Spring) by Yolanda Iñiguez, and a dancing fountain accompanied by a light show and music.
[19][20] For recreation, one can visit the Golf Club in Tabachines[21] or the Unidad Deportiva Chato Balderas de Acapantzingo (soccer field) on Calle Galeana.
[22][23] The Sección Cuauhnahuac of the Asociación Mexicana de Orquideología (Mexican Orchid Association) holds an annual exhibition around the Day of the Dead (November 2).
There are three private preparatorias (high schools, grades 10–12) and five institutions of higher education: The best-known residents of Acapantzingo are Emperor Maximilian and Concepcion Sedano, his mistress.