Chapultepec
Castle is located on top of Chapultepec
Hill. The name Chapultepec stems from the Náhuatl word chapoltepēc which
means "at the grasshopper's hill". It is located in the middle
of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City at
a height of 2,325 meters (7,628 ft) above sea level. The site of the hill
was a sacred place for Aztecs, and the buildings atop it have served several purposes
during its history, including that of Military Academy, Imperial residence,
Presidential home, observatory, and presently, the Museo Nacional de Historia.
Is
the only Royal Castle in North America that was used to house sovereigns: the
Mexican Emperor Maximilian I, and his consort Empress
Carlota, during the Second Mexican Empire. [Wiki]
