The comparison with Granada was made by Cortés in his second letter to Charles V, streesing the importance of the new conquest by asserting that Tlaxcala was larger, stronger and more beautiful than the Moorish capital which had just been taken in 1492. The text of that letter is given on this panel on the ayuntamiento or municipal chambers of Tlaxcala. The Consul's wish to visit Tlaxcala is largely provoked by this comparison, and the memories of happier days in Granada.