Castles and Palaces Around the World

First of all an apology for my bad English.
Chapultepec Castle, a palatial building located atop the hill of the same name, in the middle of Chapultepec Park, located in Mexico City at an altitude of 2325 meters over sea level. It was built by Viceroy Bernardo de Galvez and Madrid on the Hill of the Grasshopper (Chapultepec is Nahuatl word "Chapulli, grasshoppers, and sod (tl), hill Chapultepetl" which means "hill of grasshoppers" or "hill of the grasshopper "). Built in the era of the Viceroyalty of New Spain as a summer house for the Viceroy. In 1785, at the time of the Viceroyalty, Viceroy Bernardo de Gálvez ordered the construction of a house in the height of the hill of Chapultepec.

the hill of Chapultepec where encienra this castle was occupied for several centuries before the arrival of the Spanish, Aztec In 1325 the charge precedence over other tribes and build a temple on top of Mt. In 1428 Nezahualcoyotl, King of Texcoco, built a mansion at the foot of the hill, on the eastern side (site is now the National Museum of Modern Art). Surrounded the forest, enriched with ahuehuetes flora and fauna multiplied.