Signo, símbolo y arquitectura. Poder politico en la ornamentación de las casas de hernan cortés del siglo xvi en la nueva españa

• Luis Javier Cuesta Hernández ^[1] ; Marisela Berenice Pardo Hernández ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Iberoamericana
• Localización: LEXICON: Storie e Architettura in Sicilia, ISSN-e 1827-3416, ISSN 1827-3416, Nº. Extra 2, 2021, págs. 71-80
• Idioma: español
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  • Sign, Symbol and Architecture: the Projection of Political Power through Hernán Cortés’s Houses in New Spain There are two main obstacles to the study of 16th Century civil architecture in New Spain: the scarcity of buildings in relation to religious ar- chitecture and the matter of its destruction through time, be it by means of bad conservation, state politics or armed conflicts.

    However, the noble houses of Hernán Cortes survived historical avatars among ideological battles, documents and archaeological traces. Three of them stand out for their political implications: Cortés’s house at the lordship of Cuilapam, Oaxaca (Antequera); his house in the center of Te- nochtitlan, after Axayacatl’s palace (the “Old houses”) and his house at Coyoacán.

    The structure, placement and description of Cortés’s houses portray a need for affirmation of power. As we know, the conqueror craved to be the first viceroy of the New Spain, but he was ignored and attacked by the crown he fought for. We will discuss the political, economic, philo- sophical and aesthetic implications of Cortés’s civil architecture