#huaxyacac

The Aztec conquerors named this beautiful place Huaxyacac, which means “on the nose” or “at the edge of the huajes”, which is the predominant plant of the region. In places like the Guilá Nasquitz cave in Yagul, old paintings of the first settlers of the region have been found, which is why it is estimated that the valley was first settled around the year 7500 BC. In Oaxaca, the greatness flows since its origins, founded in 1486 by warriors of the emperor Ahuízotl and exalted by two great civilizations that always competed for the control of the territory: The Zapoteca Empire, which flourished in Monte Albán until it was defeated by the Mixteco Empire, that stayed there until the arrival of the Spanish colonizers, who, in 1532, by royal decree of King Carlos V, baptized the city as Antequera, and it wasn’t until 1821 when it adopted its actual name “Oaxaca”, word derived of the Huaxyácac. Some of its great characters are: Don Benito Juárez García, Porfirio Díaz, the Flores Magón brothers, José Vasconcelos, Abraham Castellanos, among many others. In the arts, the ones who stand out are: Miguel Cabrera, Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Toledo, Rodolfo Morales, Alfredo Canseco Feraud, Macedonio Alcalá, as well as Doña Rosa and Teodoro Blanco.