Mexico
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Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America and borders the United States of America to the north, and Guatemala and Be
Teotihuacan was the 6th largest city in the world at its peak, 1 AD to 500 AD
Temple of Kukulcán (El Castillo) in the Maya city of Chichen Itza
An artistic depiction of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital and largest city in the Americas at the time. The city was completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan and rebuilt as Mexico City
Guanajuato was one of the richest and most opulent cities in New Spain
Second Mexican Empire
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The Second Mexican Empire, officially known as the Mexican Empire, was a constitutional monarchy established in Mexico by Mexican monarchists with the support of the Second French Empire. This period
Maximilian I of Mexico by Winterhalter, 1864. This portrait hangs in Chapultepec Castle.
Photograph of a reenactment of the Execution of Maximilian I of Mexico, and Generals Miramón and Mejía. Left to right: Mejía, Miramón, and Maximilian.
A delegation of the Kickapoo people being received at the royal court.
Maximilian planned the monument to Christopher Columbus for the grand boulevard, now called Paseo de la Reforma. It was built during the regime of Porfirio Díaz.