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 ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and his small army of ...

In this video, we explore key themes related to the center of Mexico and its historical developments: - The significance of ...

Mexico City commemorated the 700th anniversary of its founding on Saturday with a series of public events and performances that celebrated its Indigenous heritage and historical roots. The ...

This month, Mexico once again marks the 700th anniversary of México-Tenochtitlan’s founding. In July 2021, then-president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (colloquially known as AMLO) led a similar ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Mexico City, a 700-year-old Aztec farming technique is giving a sustainable edge to modern agriculture. It was early on a Sunday morning, and I was in the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, 28km south ...

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 -- ...