By the year 1776, in the town of Tacuba, province of Mexico City where wealthy Spanish merchants settled their vacation homes, began the building by Don José Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Peredo and Vineyard, seventh Earl of Valley Vicomte de Orizaba and San Miguel.
When he died in 1771, the farm building was unfinished and remained abandoned until 1822, when it was sold at public auction, to be completed by Canon Manuel Moreno and Jove.
Meanwhile, the National University of Mexico released the difficult years of the revolution and gained little by little, the principles and values that would give structure and life.
In those years, the organization had acquired a property owned by the Mier y Pesado Foundation, located in the beautiful village of Coyoacan, south of the city.
In this town, producer of fruits and vegetables, was established the vacation home of Hernán Cortés, where he imprisoned and tortured Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec king.