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Jun 2, 2024 · This column usually explores interesting monikers gracing buildings, roads, parks, monuments and geographic features in modern-day New Mexico, but today’s column is going to be a little ...
2 days ago · Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as an outpost as La Villa de Alburquerque by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés in the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The settlement was named after the original town of Viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th duke of Alburquerque, who was from Alburquerque, Badajoz.
Jun 17, 2024 · The original name of Albuquerque was La Villa de Alburquerque. It was named after the Duke of Alburquerque in Spain when the colony’s governor, Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, founded the villa in the 18th century. Over time, the spelling of Albuquerque changed and the first “r” was dropped.
Jun 22, 2024 · Founded in 1706 by Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, governor and captain general of New Mexico, it was named for the duke of Alburquerque, then viceroy of New Spain (the first r was later dropped). It became an important trading centre on the Chihuahua Trail from Mexico.
Jun 19, 2024 · The city of Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as an outpost called La Villa de Alburquerque by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. It was named after the Viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque, who hailed from a town in Spain.
Jun 12, 2024 · In 1706, provincial governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdés ordered the establishment of a Spanish garrison, which eventually became Albuquerque. The new settlement was required to have a population of 30 Spanish families to gain recognition as a village.
Jun 19, 2024 · SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mexican drug lord Francisco Javier Arellano Felix was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday for running the notoriously violent cartel that bears his family's...
