Villa de Santa María de los Lagos

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Villa de Santa María de los Lagos is the historical colonial-era name of the Mexican city now known as Lagos de Moreno in the state of Jalisco.

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Villa de Santa María de los Lagos canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era settlement
historical place name
administrativeStatus villa (colonial Spanish category)
associatedWith Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (regional trade routes)
colonialPower Spanish Empire
country Viceroyalty of New Spain
culturalRegion Cristero War heartland (later historical association via Lagos de Moreno)
economy agriculture (colonial era)
cattle ranching (colonial era)
regional trade (colonial era)
foundInPresentDayRegion Central-Western Mexico
foundInPresentDayState Jalisco
hasColonialUrbanForm Spanish grid plan (traza española)
hasReligion Roman Catholicism (colonial era)
heritage part of the historic center of Lagos de Moreno (World Heritage context via Camino Real de Tierra Adentro)
historicalNameOf Lagos de Moreno
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial period in Mexico
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Alteños region of Jalisco
Bajío region (historical influence)
Los Altos de Jalisco
locatedOn Lagos River basin (Río Lagos)
namedAfter Our Lady of the Lakes
Virgin Mary
partOf Intendancy of Guadalajara (late colonial period)
Province of Nueva Galicia
linked to: Nueva Galicia
presentDayAdministrativeDivision Jalisco
presentDayCountry Mexico
presentDayLocation Lagos de Moreno
regionType frontier settlement (colonial northern frontier of New Spain)
religiousInstitution parish church dedicated to the Virgin Mary
successor Lagos de Moreno
topLevelAdministrativeUnitAtTime Viceroyalty of New Spain

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Lagos de Moreno formerName Villa de Santa María de los Lagos