This year marks the 700th anniversary of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. The city's government prepared an extensive program of celebrations to honor these seven centuries. This year marks the ...

In 2023, Dutch software developer Thomas Kole unveiled a "3D reconstruction of the Mexica capital," Mexico-Tenochtitlán -- the most detailed image of the ancient city produced in the last five ...

This video explores the history and significance of Tenochtitlan, focusing on: 00:00 Intro 01:32 The center of Mexico 03:44 ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...

A note on spelling and translations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Water and the sacred city -- Chapter 3: The Tlatoani in Tenochtitlan -- Chapter 4: The city in the conquest's wake -- ...

Modern-day Mexico was formed in 1521, when a 500-strong group of Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes, alongside thousands upon thousands of indigenous Mexicans, seized control of the centre of ...

Like a wound that still hasn’t healed, the remains of the great city of Tenochtitlán, which fell to the Spanish conquistadors 500 years ago, are still visible in México City, a metropolis as diverse ...

Seven centuries ago, the ground beneath Mexico City’s main square held the ceremonial heart of Tenochtitlan, the island ...

Every Thursday evening at a park in the Pilsen neighborhood, a group of Aztec dancers, some originally from Mexico City, gather to practice the ancestral ritual amid the laughs of children on the ...