The city of Tlatelolco was around years before the founding of its more famous neighbor, Tenochtitlán. The two cities shared one of the largest islands on Lake Texcoco, the site of modern Mexico City. The two governments were allies until 1473, at which point the Aztecs started...
To wander around the Plaza de las Tres Culturas is to feel the weight of the three cultures that have shaped modern Mexico. The ruins of the ancient city of Tlatelolco surround a colonial church, both of which are glowered over by the Edificio Chihuahua, an ugly high-rise...
City Plaza
North Of The Center, Mexico City, Mexico
The Pirámide of Tenayuca was constructed around 1224 by the barbarian Chichimeca tribe. The Chichimecas had wandered down from northern Mexico, wiped out the Toltecs in the city of Tula, and continued south to create their own capital in Tenayuca. They lived in splendor before the...