of Ahuitzotl. Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin, grandson of Axayacatl. Diego Huanitzin was made tlatoani of Tenochtitlan by Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of...

After the destruction of Tenochtitlan by the Spanish, campaigns to subdue the area were carried out by Andrés de Tapia and Gonzalo de Sandoval, followed by...

is on Humboldt Street downtown. 18th century. Capilla de San Juan Evangelista is on Calle Sn. Juan, Col. Chapultepec. 18th century. The train station dates...

stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 CE as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the senior partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance that...

Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the years shortly before and after Spanish conquest. After the Spanish Conquest, the term México came to be used for Tenochtitlan/Mexico...

Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, and as of 1585, it was officially known as Ciudad de México (Mexico City). Mexico City played a...

the failed defence of Tenochtitlan. Following this defeat, Franciscan friars established a parish church with the name of San Juan Tzitácuaro, and a monastery...

in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. The plaza used to be known simply as the "Main Square" (Plaza Mayor) or "Arms Square" (Plaza de Armas), and today its...

governor from the 19th century, Juan de la Luz Enríquez. The city's nickname, "City of Flowers" (Spanish: La ciudad de las flores), was given by Alexander...

territory that the Chalco region didn't achieve the splendor of Texcoco or Tenochtitlan. There are two versions of the arrival of Hernán Cortés in the region...