Cuernavaca
Cuer·na·va·ca
C0795200 (kwĕr-nə-vä′kə, -nä-vä′kä)Cuernavaca
(Spanish kwɛrnaˈβaka)Cuer•na•va•ca
(ˌkwɛr nəˈvɑ kə)n.
单词 | cuernavaca |
释义 | CuernavacaCuer·na·va·caC0795200 (kwĕr-nə-vä′kə, -nä-vä′kä)Cuernavaca(Spanish kwɛrnaˈβaka)Cuer•na•va•ca(ˌkwɛr nəˈvɑ kə)n. CuernavacaCuernavaca(kwārnävä`kä), city (1990 pop. 279,187), capital of Morelos state, S Mexico, in the Cuernavaca Valley. Increasingly a suburb of Mexico City (to the north), Cuernavaca has flour mills and beverage, textile, and cement industries. It is also a popular tourist and health resort. In the city are beautiful churches, monasteries, a 16th-century Franciscan convent, a palace built by Hernán Cortés and decorated with murals by Diego Rivera, and a formal garden that was frequented by Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlotta. Nearby is the Toltec ruin, Xochicalco, built over limestone caves.Cuernavacaa city in central Mexico, in the southern part of the Meseta Central, the administrative center of Morelos State. Population, 134,100 (1970). Cuernavaca is linked with Mexico City by a railroad and highway. Industries include food processing, textiles, and silver handicrafts. The city is a mountain climatic resort and a tourist center famous for its colonial architecture. Noteworthy sites include the Aztec pyramid of Teopanzolco with the ruins of two temples, the Franciscan Monastery (mid-16th century), Cortés’ palace (1530–33), and churches and chapels dating from the 16th through the 18th century. There are also 20th-century hotels. Cuernavaca |
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