Museo de Medicina Tradicional y Herbolaria This museum of traditional herbal medicine, in the south Cuernavaca suburb of Acapantzingo, occupies a former resort residence built by Maximilian, the Casa del Olvido. During his brief reign, the Austrian-born emperor came here for trysts with La India Bonita, his Cuernavacan lover. The building was restored in 1960, and the house and gardens now preserve the local wisdom of folk medicine. The shady gardens are lovely to wander through, and you shouldn't miss the 200 orchids growing near the rear of the property. Located in an estate of four hectares - one house that Maximiliano of Hapsburg acquired in 1856, denominated Pavilion of the Emperors, the garden and museum, explained, is propositive sample of the Mexican medicinal plants. It is constituted to rescue and to foment the use that they have had between the indigenous and rural population and, most important, is a form to preserve a cultural patrimony Adress:Matamoros No. 14, Col. Acapatzingo, Cuernavaca. Horario:Todos los días de 9:00 a 17:00 horas. Templo y Convento de la Santa Cruz In Independent Mexico it has been place of events of great political relevance; here several conspiradores in 1810 were imprisoned, among them the Corregidor, Lic. Don Miguel Domínguez; the 21 of July of 1821 the Army Trigarante to the orders of the Generalisirno Don Agustín de Iturbide made capitulate to Brigadier Domingo Luáces, finishing therefore the Spanish domination in Querétaro and all this region of the Sank bank. In 1857, through the laws of the Reformation, it passed the Convent and all its properties to comprise of the goods of the Nation; also, from the 13 to the 15 of March of 1867, during the Site of city, one of the cells of the Convent it simultaneously served from room Archduke Fernando Maximiliano as Hapsburg that days later, from the 15 to the 17 of he himself month and year, became his first prison. Adress: Ejército Republicano esq. Felipe Luna Centro Histórico Schedule of the convent: Monday to Sunday: From 09:00 to 14:00 hrs. and 16:30 to 18:00 hrs. Castillo de Chapultepec    After to have won the battles of Churubusco and Padierna the forces of general Scott took the seat from the Military School day 13 of September, defended by the battalion of San Patricio and a few cadets who have happened to history with the name of Young Heroes. A new invasion, this originating time of France changes to the appearance of Chapultepec when beginning the construction of the Imperial Palace of Maximiliano of Hapsburg and the outline of a Stroll to unite to the Castle with the City of Mexico. To the building the second body of the facade was added to him, and adaptations projected to turn it residence palaciega with in charge planes to France in which the Palace was included. Adress: Bosque de Chapultepec 1a Sección Colonia Chapultepec 11560 Mexico City, D.F. Metro: Chapultepec Horario: Tuesday to Sunday of 9:00 to 16:30 hrs. Telephone: 5241-3100 Back to Index Click Here!