The city that the Spaniards built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan was named Mexico City.
That would be Mexico City.
The Aztecs built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. Today, the modern city of Mexico City is built on top of the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
Tenochtitlan and the Aztecs are not the exact same thing. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec empire. The Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan in the location where Mexico City is currently located.
In Mexico...The Spanish built Mexico City on top of it....
The Aztecs built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on two islands in Lake Texcoco, located in the Valley of Mexico. Tenochtitlan would eventually become the vibrant city that we now know as Mexico City.
Mexico city was built on top of the remains of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
Capital city of the ancient Aztec empire.
Tenochtitlan, in 1521.
The Lake Texcoco was a lake on which the Aztecs built a city called Tenochtitlan. The Spaniards later built Mexico City on Tenochtitlan, which is now the present day capital of Mexico. The lake is now completely drained.
The city of Tenochtitlan
Mexico City.