Today our beautiful city is celebrating, both locals and foreigners are commemorating the 491st anniversary of the Green Antequera. A day like today but in the year 1532, it was granted the title of City by King Carlos I of Spain and V of Germany. In a statement, it was reported that at that time, the City of Antequera was the third in New Spain to receive the category and title of «very noble and loyal», a designation with which it is considered one of the first three Mexican cities in receive said distinction, after Mexico City and Puebla de Los Ángeles. At the beginning of the 16th century, the towns (today neighborhoods and agencies) of Xochimilco and Jalatlaco were founded. Starting in the second half of the 16th century, the economic and political conditions of the Valley changed notably. Antequera began a first period of continuous growth. It was transformed from a small, internally agriculturally oriented town into a sizable export trading center. Over the years, the advances were more and more, the construction activity intensified with the construction of temples and other buildings that we can observe today.