The city that the Spaniards built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan was named Mexico City.
Mexico City (capital of the country Mexico) was built over the remains of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
That would be Mexico City; built by the Spaniards.
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.
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.
Tenochtitlan was built on an island in Lakeshore
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.