Tenochtitlan
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A Tenochtitlan is a ancient city that ...
- See: Mexico City, Classical Nahuatl, Aztec Religion, Aztec Empire, Fall of Tenochtitlan, Spanish Conquest of The Aztec Empire, Valley of Mexico, Mexica, Altepetl, Teotihuacán, Lake Texcoco.
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2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan Retrieved:2022-2-2.
- Tenochtitlan , also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan , was a large Mexica in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [1] The city was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. The city was the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century until it was captured by the Spanish in 1521.
At its peak, it was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas. It subsequently became a cabecera of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Today, the ruins of are in the historic center of the Mexican capital. The World Heritage Site of contains what remains of the geography (water, boats, floating gardens) of the Mexica capital.
Tenochtitlan was one of two Mexica (city-states or polities) on the island, the other being . The city is located in modern-day Mexico City.
- Tenochtitlan , also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan , was a large Mexica in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [1] The city was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. The city was the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century until it was captured by the Spanish in 1521.
- ↑ Castillo Ledon, Luis (1925). La Fundacion de la Ciudad de México 1325-1925 Editorial CVLTURA p 5, 55, 56