Haciendas
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Haciendas are large estates established during the colonial expansion of the Spanish Empire between the early 16th century and the 19th century. During this period, the Spanish Empire covered most of the American continents as well as territories in the Asian Pacific region, particularly the Philippines. Haciendas were agricultural or industrial centers and included all the facilities needed for self-sufficiency. This included large luxury residences for the hacendado (the Spanish nobleman granted land and the rights to exploit local populations).
UnderstandThe hacienda concept began in Spain when the moors were pushed out of the Iberian peninsula. Noblemen and military heroes were granted lands appropriated from the expelled Muslim kingdoms.
ArchitectureThe design and construction of any particular hacienda depends greatly on the tastes of its owner and you find tremendous variation in the layout and construction of haciendas.
DestinationsHidalgo had many haciendas brewing pulque. Corporate marketers from beer companies in Mexico City began a slander campaign, spreading lies about pulque, and irreparably damaging Hidalgo's pulque industry.
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