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==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 |publisher=Mexico Desconocido magazine |location=Mexico City |language=Spanish |accessdate=November 24, 2012 }}</ref> In the pre Hispanic period, the area was a small island called Aztacalco located near the Aztec capital of [[Tenochtitlan]] surrounded by the shallow waters of [[Lake Texcoco]]. The name means “in the house of herons.”<ref name="mexdes"/><ref name="asfalto">{{cite news |title= Crestas de asfalto, senal de vestigios |author=Antonio Bertran |newspaper=Reforma |location= Mexico City |date=September 19, 1996 |page= 15 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Asphalt waves signs of archeological vestiges }}</ref><ref name="delegacion">{{cite web|url=http://www.cuauhtemoc.df.gob.mx/delegacion/mapa/colonias.html |title=Colonia Roma |publisher=Borough of Cuauhtémoc |location=Mexico City |language=Spanish |trans-title=Colonia Roma |accessdate=November 11, 2010 |
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=Spanish |trans-title=La Romita: A neighborhood filled with history, cultura and urban art |accessdate=November 24, 2012 |
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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