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In the main plaza of the city of Dolores Hidalgo, the cradle of Mexican independence, grows a large Moctezuma cypress tree offering welcome shade from the scorching sun. Called the “Hijo del árbol de la Noche Triste,” or “Son of the Tree of the Night of Sorrows,” this giant has stood here only since 1921, but it is the venerable descendent of an important tree in Mexican history and folklore.
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The namesake sorrowful night occurred in the summer of 1520, in the bloody aftermath of the Spanish escape from the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (present-day Mexico City). The escape had been precipitated by an Aztec uprising after the Spanish conquistadors kidnapped and murdered the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma in his palace and massacred many civilians.
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