Popotla metro station
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Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Popotla neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city center, on the Cal
Station entrance sign, 22 December 2006
Cuitláhuac
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Cuitláhuac was the 10th Huey Tlatoani of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan for 80 days during the year Two Flint. He is credited with leading the resistance to the Spanish and Tlaxcalteca conquest of the
Popotla metro station
…Triste – the "tree of the sad night" – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste. The actual tree survived until the 20th century, when it was destroyed by a fire. There is a commemorative plaque on the…
Cuitláhuac