Tenochtitlan
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Tenochtitlan, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13
Tenochtitlan and Lake Texcoco in 1519
Ruins of the Templo Mayor, main temple of the Mexica people
The western side of the shallow Lake Texcoco. Tenochtitlan is the southern part of the main island. The northern part is Tlatelolco.
The Tlatelolco Marketplace as depicted at The Field Museum in Chicago.
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.