4k: Cholula, Puebla, Mexico Walking Tour: Churches, Pyramids, Coffee Shops, Restaurants & Transportation #Cholula #Puebla #Mexico #Pyramids #Restaurants #WalkingTour CHOLULA MASSACRE In 1519, the Tlaxcalans led Hernán Cortés and his troops to Cholula to facilitate an act of retribution against the city for its betrayal. Cholula, which was south of Tlaxcala and farther southeast of Tenochtitlan, was out of the way to the Aztec capital, so its visit was a Tlaxcalan machination, not a Spanish one. After a Cholulan welcoming ceremony made up of speeches and feasts, conquistador Bernal Diaz accounts that the Spanish soon became suspicious of the Cholulans' true intentions. According to Diaz, the Spanish were taken aback by Cholula's supposed trenches and dugouts with anti-cavalry spikes, alongside conspicuous piles of rocks found on Cholulan rooftops. Modern-day revisionist historians such as Matthew Restall agree that the Tlaxcalans, successfully executing a plan to use the Spanish as a tool of political advancement, persuaded Cortés into believing that the Cholulans were conspiring against him. Diaz alleges that, after feigning a Spanish departure in the city's central plaza to attract a large crowd of onlookers, Cortés suddenly announced that the Cholulans had committed treason, and thus had to be put to the sword. Blocking the exits of Cholula's great plaza, the conquistadors proceeded to massacre the unarmed crowd, purportedly leaving no survivors. Simultaneously, Tlaxcala warriors who had previously been stationed outside of Cholula swiftly rushed through the city gates to sack it. Over the next four days, both Spaniards and Tlaxcalans alike raped, killed, pillaged, and burned in the city of Cholula, during which the Great Pyramid of Cholula was largely reduced to an earthy hill. No conquistadors died in the process, and Cholula consequently re-entered the Tlaxcala Triple Alliance as its previous leadership was executed. Along with the rest of Tlaxcala territory, Cholula was peacefully transferred to Spanish hands after the Spanish-Aztec War's conclusion. A few years later, Cortés vowed that the city would be rebuilt with a Christian church to replace each of the old pagan temples; fewer than 50 new churches were actually built, but the Spanish colonial churches are unusually numerous for a city of its size. There is a common saying in Cholula that there is a church for every day of the year. During the Spanish colonial period, Cholula was overtaken in importance by the nearby newly-founded Spanish city of Puebla. #CholulaMassacre #ColonialMexico #HernánCortés - Wikipedia #rvta #rving #JMMGarza #RVing @JMMGarzaPhoto @JMMGarza RV & TRAVEL ADVENTURES (RVTA) Support RV & Travel Adventures by ordering a stylish T-shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/rv-amp-travel-adventures-t-shirt/ Check out my Amazon Affiliate Shop. Most of the items in my store I use and have purchased with my own cash. Thanks. https://www.amazon.com/shop/jmmgarza I love my Haloview backup and side marker camera system. I won't go anywhere without them: https://amzn.to/3vwmjns Get a pair of these Amazon "XL" Zero Gravity Chairs. I own a pair.: https://amzn.to/3b07OzR Or go HIGH-END with TIMBER RIDGE Banyon Zero Gravity Chair: https://amzn.to/3HigbmK Camco end tables. They come in two sizes. I own one! https://amzn.to/3ydf44e SUPER STURDY!! Stromberg Carlson CL-36 Extend-A-Line Clothes Dryer: https://amzn.to/3xqtQnf Again, I own the WEIZE Bicycle Rack: https://amzn.to/3fRXBbm Super tiny & affordable!! Pristar Small LED Flashlight 800: https://amzn.to/3F8PeTu RVTA WEB SITES & CHANNELS This Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RVTravelAdventures or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMRCOVPnHu5HYDYGrPxcng RVTA Photography Website: https://rvta.myportfolio.com RVTA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rvtraveladventures RVTA Blog: https://rvtayoutube.blogspot.com JMMGarza Photo & Video YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JMMGarza JMMGarza Photo, Video & Audio Website: https://www.JMMGarza.com CONTACT: https://jmmgarza.com/contact AMAZON STORE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/jmmgarza PATREON SUPPORTERS: https://www.patreon.com/jmmgarza