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This city was built on top of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán.
Mexico City
This type of layout was used in most Spanish colonial cities.
Grid Pattern
The central square of a Spanish colonial city was called this.
Plaza Mayor
This group gathered in the plaza to buy, sell, and hear announcements.
City residents / people / colonists
This city became an important port for Spanish trade in the Caribbean.
Havana
Spanish colonial cities were often built near these two key resources or locations.
Ports and Mines
This was the residence of the king’s representative in the colony.
Viceroy's Palace
This building represented local government in the colonial city.
Cabildo (town council)
This mining city became famous for its silver wealth in colonial Latin America.
Potosi
These homes were typically built around a central courtyard and belonged to wealthy Spaniards and Creoles.
Colonial Houses
This king’s reign saw American ports being protected with walls.
Phillip II
Spanish cities were designed starting in this year when urban planning rules were introduced.
1513
This was the main function of the Plaza Mayor beyond being a marketplace.
Social, political, and religious center of the city
This feature made Spanish colonial cities easier to navigate and expand.
Grid Street System
This combination describes the architectural style of colonial cities.
European and indigenous influences mixed together
This empire originally controlled the land where many Spanish cities were built.
Indigenous empires like the Aztecs