Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan, also called Mexica-Tenochtitlan, become a large Mexica metropolis-kingdom in what is now the center of Mexico City. The genuine date of the founding of the city is doubtful, but the most usually established date is March thirteen, 1325. The metropolis became constructed on an island in what turned into then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. The metropolis became the capital of the increasing Aztec Empire inside the 15th century till it turned into captured with the aid of the Spanish in 1521.

At its peak, it was the largest metropolis within the pre-Columbian Americas. It eventually have become a cabecera of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Today, the ruins of Tenochtitlan are in the ancient center of the Mexican capital. The World Heritage Site of Xochimilco incorporates what remains of the geography of the Mexica capital. Tenochtitlan become one in all Mexica altepetl on the island, the alternative being Tlatelolco. Tenochtitlan protected an anticipated 8 to 13.Five km2, located on the western side of the shallow Lake Texcoco.