Tenochtitlan was built on top of a lake. The Aztecs used a complex series of waterways to keep the water from damaging the buildings.
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Legend has it that the Aztec people would know where to build their city when they found an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth in the middle of a lake. Luckily, they found such a thing and built their empire from there.
The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was later re-constructed and is now the location of Mexico, D.F. (Distrito Federal de Mexico), which is the capital of México.
Tenochtitlan was a great city in Aztec times!
The empire was built with very hard stone.
Mexico city was built on top of the remains of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
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Mexico City is built upon the remains on Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital from the 1300s to the early 1500s.
The Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlan, was built on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. The city was connected to the mainland by causeways and canals.
Capital city of the ancient Aztec empire.
The Tenochtitlan was built in the center of the enormous Lake Texcoco.
Mexico City.
Modern Mexico City
It was originally built by the Aztecs in 1325 on an island of Lake Texcoco.
Mexico City (capital of the country Mexico) was built over the remains of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
The Aztec civilization.
Mexico City.