Talk:Chapultepec Castle

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[edit] The only castle in America?

I had already seen the page about US castles. But there most be a reason why an official mexican page says so. Maybe it has something else that makes it unique in America, but we could still say that it's the only castle in Latinamerica. Carlosr chill 21:52, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 14:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I think it has been said that it is the only real "Castle" in the Americas because it actually housed Royalty...the Mexican Emperor and Empress. To my knowledge there has never been another Castle or Palace made to house Royalty in the Americas, except maybe the Brazilian Royals???...I don't know if they had any royal residences in Brazil, but I have never heard of one. Anyway, it would be not only the ONLY Castle in Latin America, but all of America...North and South. --C.Kent87 03:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
'Iolani Palace in Hawai'i is an example of a royal palace. Charles 03:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
What do you mean? ;] We were talking about the Americas. That is a good example of a Palace, though. --C.Kent87 05:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, you said that you were unaware of any palace or castle in the Americas to house royalty. Hawaii was a kingdom before becoming a US state and it has a royal palace. Now, as for other castles... That is up to debate. What exactly constitutes a castle? Places like Belcourt Castle or Biltmore Estate are chateaux, but there are other buildings in the US built as castles in the more traditional sense. Charles 06:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I was talking about the continental Americas...I suppose Hawaii is a part of America in a way..I mean yes it is... My reasoning wasn't that Chapultepec is the only 'Castle' in the Americas, I meant it was the only Castle to house Royalty/Soveriegns in North America. There was also the Brazilian Empire and I'm sure they had Castles -just to make it a little clearer. I don't think it'd be terrible to say that Chapultepec comes closer to the 'ideal' Castle than any others around these parts...and even to say it is the only Castle in the Americas (I haven't seen anything on the Brazilian Emperor's)... I'm not sure what constitutes a real castle, though. Thanks. --C.Kent87 21:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article title

This article was located at Chapultepec Castle and moved a few days ago to Castle of Chapultepec, which is a more literal translation of its Spanish name. "Chapultepec Castle" is the more common name in English, as evidenced by Google. Per our policy on naming, we shoud prefer the most common usage in English for article titles, so I'm moving the article back to the previous title, following a request at Requested moves. -GTBacchus(talk) 06:11, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Cleanup

There are a lot of grammatical and spelling errors on the page, and they really need to be fixed. 68.199.18.70 02:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing ; ] C.Kent87 03:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should we include this???

President Fox tried to make it the presidential residence again, but he didn't get his way. I mean, it IS kinda relevant, right??? And it's also funny, so it could cheer up someone's day if they were reading this just for a homework or something.--Plavalagunanbanshee 21:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)