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History of Mexico City. The symbol of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the central image on the Mexican flag since Mexican independence from Spain in 1821. The history of Mexico City 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 ...
In 1524, the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, [22] and as of 1585, it was officially known as Ciudad de México (Mexico City). [22] Mexico City played a major role in the Spanish colonial empire as a political, administrative, and financial center. [23] Following independence from Spain, the federal ...
Tenochtitlan, [a] also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, [b] was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [3] The city was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. The city was the ...
After the 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, conqueror Hernán Cortés named the territory New Spain, and established the new capital, Mexico City, on the site of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire. Central Mexico became the base of expeditions of exploration and conquest, expanding the territory claimed by the Spanish Empire. With the political and economic ...
1325 – Tenochtitlán founded by Aztecs. [1] 1521 – City captured and sacked by Spanish forces led by Cortés. [1] 1522 - National Palace (Mexico) construction starts. [1] 1524 – México Tenochtitlán municipality established. 1526 - Santo Domingo (Mexico City) established.
The written history of Mexico spans more than three millennia. First populated more than 13,000 years ago, [1] central and southern Mexico (termed Mesoamerica) saw the rise and fall of complex indigenous civilizations. Mesoamerican civilizations developed glyphic writing systems, recording the political history of conquests and rulers. Mesoamerican history before European arrival is called the ...
The pre-Columbian (or prehispanic) history of the territory now making up the country of Mexico is known through the work of archaeologists and epigraphers, and through the accounts of Spanish conquistadores, settlers and clergymen as well as the indigenous chroniclers of the immediate post-conquest period. Human presence in the Mexican region ...
Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (September 27, 1862 – July 15, 1946) was a Mexican architect, engineer, and environmentalist who founded Mexico City 's Viveros de Coyoacán arboretum, as well as numerous other construction projects in Mexico City, and throughout the country, and promoted the conservation of Mexico's forests. He is called el apóstol del árbol ("the apostle of the tree") for his ...