What is the origin of the name of the street Puente de Alvarado?

The origin of the name Alvarado Bridge Street dates back to the early years of Conquest. According to the legend of the withdrawal of the Spaniards, Peter Alvaradoat the moment of reaching the third cut in the road of Tlacopan clavó su lanza en los objetos que se asomaban sobre las aguas, posteriormente se echó hacia adelante con todo el impulso possible “y de un salto salvó el foso”, fue uno de los hechos que impuló a que se le nombrara de dicha forma a esa Street.

This fact is the one that gave the name to one of the main avenues of Mexico; “Alvarado Bridge”realizing that it will be preserved until a few years ago, a place where there was also a bridge and an ditch which started from On A North.

Luis González Obregón in his book “The streets of Mexico“, expressed the testimony of Mr. Orozco and Berrawho had the opportunity to see the street in 1834pointed out that he was cover on each side of the street (ditch)but for the year 1847 from the side On had a garden and an public bathswhich later became Tivoli from the Elysee (where part of the ditch was discovered), while on the North There was a gate which was quickly covered by a purified there NEW which corresponded at the time to a House who marked the number 5 and which is currently without a number in front of Calle de Elíseo.

Also, an old aqueduct crossed this street, while the famous bridge was located search for ancient Tivoli. Today there is no trace of what was once a bridge and the place where the aqueduct ran, however until last December August 2021 this name prevailed, since the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaumchanged into Mexico-Tenochtitlan Causeway.

On August 19, 2021, the nomenclature of the fourth section was carried out, which goes from Insurgentes Norte, in the West, to Rosales, in the East, in Mexico City, which it was renamed Puente de Alvarado in Mexico-Tenochtitlan.

At the time of making this change, the name and iconography of the stations of the Metrobús and Metro, lines 4 and 2, respectivelyThese actions were carried out to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Mexico-Tenochtitlan indigenous resistance.

It should be noted that even in Google Maps the name change was visible. In addition, during the ceremony, the professor and researcher of UNAM, Federico Navarrete Linares, recalled that Puente del Alvarado is named after the captainbecause the Spaniards considered a has just avenged his victory of 1521, The siege and destruction of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, by the Mexican attack of 1520.

“The captain Peter Alvarado He is recognized only for the feat, not at all glorious, of having jumped over the corpses of his companions to save his life,” explained Navarrete Linares.

“They did it because it was he, Pedro de Alvarado, who, in May 1520, ordered and carried out the treacherous slaughter of thousands of unarmed youths, while they danced in honor of their gods, in the courtyard of the Templo Mayor (…) Thus, It was he who started the war between the Mexicans and the Spaniards.added the historian.

In such a way that Mexico commemorated two years ago the 700 years of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the bone 500 years of the conquest of Hernan Cortes and the 200 years of Mexican independence. In addition, a mega model was installed on the capital’s Zócalo esplanade.