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[[File:SantaMariaAztacalco01.JPG|thumb|300px|View of the Santa María de la Natividad Aztacalco church]]
'''La Romita''' is a small neighborhood located in the [[Colonia Roma]] section of [[Mexico City]]. The area began as an independent [[pre Hispanic]] village called Aztacalco, later renamed Romita. When the area around the village was redeveloped into housing for the wealthy, the village resisted and remained separate socially although officially part of Colonia Roma. During the 20th century the area had a reputation for being dangerous as it residents were relatively poor. Today, the area is no longer poor or dangerous, but its streets are narrower than the rest of Colonia Roma and its residents still consider themselves distinct.
==History==
[[File:MuralLaRomita.JPG|thumb|Mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe with Harley Davidson motorcycle next to the main plaza]]
La Romita began as a pre Hispanic village that remained independent until the establishment of Colonia Roma and has remained semi-independent since.<ref name="mexdes">{{cite web |url= http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/plaza-de-romita.html |title= Plaza de Romita |magazine=Mexico Desconocido |location=Mexico City |language=
During the colonial period the village continued to be independent although its status as an island disappeared along with the waters of the lake. By the mid 18th century, a road connecting Mexico City and [[Chapultepec]] passed nearby and due to its many trees was named La Romita as it resembled an avenue in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. The village began to be called Romita as well with this name appearing in written records in 1752.<ref name="mexdes"/><ref name="lleno">{{cite web |url=http://www.mx-df.net/2012/11/la-romita-un-barrio-lleno-de-historia-cultura-y-arte-urbano/ |title=La Romita: Un barrio lleno de historia, cultura y arte urbano |date=November 15, 2012 |work=MX-DF |publisher=Government of Mexico City |location=Mexico |language=
According to local lore, in the colonial period thieves caught in [[Tepito]] were hung here using the large [[Taxodium mucronatum|Montezuma cypress]] trees that the area had, which became something of a spectacle.<ref name="mexdes"/> The now dry land became hacienda generally dedicated to the raising of horses.<ref name="hogar"/>
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The local residents were of a significantly lower social class than the rest of Roma, with the wealthy residents avoiding it for fear of thieves.<ref name="hogar"/> In the 20th century, it was also the home of a notable [[pulque]] bar called La Hija de los Apaches located on Avenida Cuauhtemoc.<ref name="mexdes"/> In the 1930s and 1940s, the area had two legendary female thieves named Plácida Hernández and the other only referred to as "La Loba" (The She-Wolf) .<ref name="moonbooks"/> The area had one famous gang known as the Halcones (Falcons). This gang was prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, when it was led by Arturo "El Negro" Durazo and controlled a large part of La Romita. Durazo befriended and protected a more studious resident of the area, [[José López Portillo]], who eventually went into politics and became [[president of Mexico]] from 1976 to 1982. In return for protection received when he was young, Portillo made Durazo the chief of police of Mexico City. This led wide scale corruption and brutality until Durazo was replaced and jailed by the following president [[Miguel de la Madrid]] .<ref name="moonbooks"/>
The area's former reputation as dangerous was noted in a number of stories. The protagonist of the novel [[Las
Today, the neighborhood is no longer considered to be dangerous and is now considered to be a cultural center as the home where [[Gilberto Rincón Gallardo]] lived at La Romita #8 has been rehabilitated as a cultural center.<ref name="hogar"/> Also its residents still consider themselves distinct from the rest of Colonia Roma even though they are no longer poor.<ref name="lleno"/>
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