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Mexico City (capital of the country Mexico) was built over the remains of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
That would be Mexico City.
The conquistador Hernán Cortés built the city of Mexico City (proper name "Ciudad de México) in order to erase all traces of the Aztec rule.
Mexico City is the site of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. The Spanish conquistadors conquered Tenochtitlan in 1521 and built Mexico City over the ruins of the Aztec capital. Today, Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico.
The Aztecs capital city, Tenochititan, was built over Texcoco Lake.
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Hernan Cortes built the city of Mexico City over the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. He destroyed much of the original city during the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century and began rebuilding it in 1521.
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It was an island city in Lake Texcoco (now Mexico City), built by the Aztecs to serve as their capital. In the years following the Spanish conquest and construction of Mexico City, the lake was gradually drained and built over.
The latins originally built the city, but the Etruscans took over and built the first city walls and sewer.