Maximilian I of Mexico: a visionary ahead of his time šŸ‘‘

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Why is it so important for national identity?

Because without this vision, neither the INAH, nor the anthropology museums, nor the modern narrative of ā€œpride in our rootsā€ would exist today.

And this didn’t come from Don Benito JuĆ”rez (he couldn’t have cared less about the country, its people, or its heritage); rather, it was all the initiative of that much-reviled ā€œforeign invaderā€ emperor.

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-Uncle Hades šŸ‘‘šŸ”±

Sources:

-Official Gazette of the Mexican Empire
Volume I, 1865.
-Cited in: Escalante Gonzalbo, Pablo. ā€œArchaeological Heritage and Its Legislation in Mexicoā€ (El patrimonio arqueológico y su legislación en MĆ©xico), UNAM, Institute for Historical Research, 2002.

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