Halls of Montezuma
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Halls of Montezuma may refer to:
  • Chapultepec
    Chapultepec
    Chapultepec Park, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" in Mexico City, is the largest city park in Latin America, measuring in total just over 686 hectares. Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is to be an ecological space in the vast...

    , a hill settled by the Aztec
    Aztec
    The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...

    s near Tenochtitlan; now a park in Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    .
  • Chapultepec Castle, located on Chapultepec hill. Though built for the Spanish rulers of Mexico
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

    , it was commonly called the "Halls of Montezuma" after Moctezuma II
    Moctezuma II
    Moctezuma , also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520...

    , the Aztec emperor at the start of the Spanish conquest.
  • Marines' Hymn
    Marines' Hymn
    The "Marines' Hymn" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps. It is the oldest official song in the United States military. The "Marines' Hymn" is typically sung at the position of attention as a gesture of respect...

    , the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps
    United States Marine Corps
    The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

    . Its opening line "From the halls of Montezuma..." (referring to Chapultepec Castle, which the Marines conquered in the Mexican-American War's Battle of Chapultepec
    Battle of Chapultepec
    The Battle of Chapultepec, in September 1847, was a United States victory over Mexican forces holding Chapultepec Castle west of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.-Background:On September 13, 1847, in the costly Battle of Molino del Rey, U.S...

    ) popularized the term.
  • Halls of Montezuma (1951 film)
    Halls of Montezuma (film)
    Halls of Montezuma is a 1951 World War II war film starring Richard Widmark, Jack Palance and Karl Malden. The film, which is about U.S. marines fighting on a Japanese-held island, was directed by academy-award winner Lewis Milestone. It also starred Robert Wagner in his first credited screen role...

    , about a group of U.S. Marines; the title is from the Marines' Hymn.
  • Halls of Montezuma: A Battle History of the U.S. Marine Corps
    Halls of Montezuma: A Battle History of the U.S. Marine Corps
    Halls of Montezuma: A Battle History of the U.S. Marine Corps is a computer game developed by Strategic Studies Group in 1987 for the Apple II. Ports were later released for the Commodore 64, Amiga, MS DOS and Apple IIGS.-Plot:...

    , a turn based military strategy video game by Strategic Studies Group
    Strategic Studies Group
    Strategic Studies Group, commonly known as SSG, is an Australian software development company that makes primarily strategy wargames.The company was founded by strategy game enthusiasts Ian Trout and Roger Keating. Ian was proprietor of a military books store and Roger had had several of his games...

    (SSG) released for home computers in the 1990.
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