San Ildefonso

[sahn eel-de-fawn-saw]

noun

1. a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace La Granja; treaty 1800.

San Ildefonso

/ san ildeˈfɔnso /

noun

1. Also called: La Granja. a town in central Spain, near Segovia: site of the 18th-century summer palace of the kings of Spain

Example Sentences

Jennifer Marley, of San Ildefonso Pueblo, an organizer for the Native American rights group The Red Nation, said the shooting took place within view of the county sheriff’s department building but without any officers on site to intervene.

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“San Ildefonso has that reminiscence where the religious is present because it is part of the cultural identity of the people,” Chávez said.

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On the right side of the main stairs of San Ildefonso, a piece by Jean Charlot illustrates the massacre that the Spaniards led in the most sacred site of the Aztec empire – Templo Mayor – in 1521.

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Jonatan Chávez, historian of San Ildefonso, said that muralism arose in a highly politicized context.

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The Jesuits arrived in the capital half a century after the Spanish conquest, in 1572, and a few years later they founded San Ildefonso, a school for seminarians and missionaries. Their objective was to educate the descendants of Spaniards – the “criollo” – who were born in the colony, Chávez said.

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