Tetzcoco (altepetl)
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Tetzcoco was a major Acolhua altepetl in the central Mexican plateau region of Mesoamerica during the Late Postclassic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology. It was situated on the eastern b
Tetzcotzingo Baths
Greenstone sculpture of a snake, from the National Museum of Anthropology.
Nezahualcoyotl as shown in the Codex Ixtlilxochitl, folio 106R, painted roughly a century after Nezahualcoyotl's death.
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico, was a pivotal event that took place during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, marked by the collision of the Azte
Tetzcoco (altepetl)
…the greater metropolitan area of Mexico City. Pre-Columbian Tetzcoco is most noted for its membership in the Aztec Triple Alliance. At the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, it was one of the largest and most prestigious cities in central Mexico, second only to the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. A survey of Mesoamerican…
Cortés and his counselor, the Nahua woman La Malinche, meet Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan, 8 November 1519.
The death of Moctezuma, depicted in the Florentine Codex
Smallpox depicted in Book XII on the conquest of Mexico in the Florentine Codex
The Capture of Cuauhtemoc, 17th century, oil on canvas