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Retrato de Tenochtitlan

Retrato de Tenochtitlan

by | Nov 25, 2025

Description: A digital reconstruction of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), which was built on the lake of Texcoco, which has now been desiccated. It allows viewers to explore and compare the city’s relationship with water then and now. Teaching...
Place-Names in Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Place-Names in Mexico-Tenochtitlan

by | Dec 5, 2025

Description: The place-names that residents of the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan (today Mexico City) gave to their city were both descriptive of topography and commemorative of history. Largely effaced from the Spanish historical register, Mexico City’s Nahuatl...