History of Mexico City
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The history of Mexico City stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 C.E as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the senior partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance that dominated centr
A panoramic view of the Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución), Mexico City, the city's symbolic center since the Aztecs. Looking east to the Palacio Nacional. The Metropolitan Cathedral is on the left, the old city hall to the right.
The founding of Tenochtitlan shown in Codex Mendoza, an early 16th-century manuscript on the history of the Aztecs and their empire.
The foundation of Pre-Columbian Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Codex Durán, 1579.
The departure of the Mexica from Aztlán on their journey that culminated in their founding of Tenochtitlan. Image from Boturini Codex.
Madero Street
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Francisco I. Madero Avenue, commonly known as simply Madero Street, is a geographically and historically significant pedestrian street of Mexico City and a major thoroughfare of the historic city cent
Calle Madero; The Torre Latinoamericana in the background
Modern street sign and plaque with the former name of the section, Calle de Plateros.
Commemorative sculpture of Pancho Villa placing the sign that renamed the street on December 8, 1914.
Francisco I. Madero Avenue