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Tenochtitlan
', also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan', was a large Mexican 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. The city was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. The city was the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century until it was captured by the Tlaxcaltec and the Spanish in 1521.
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of 488,531. The municipality has an area of 118.45 km2. Xalapa lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city in the state after the city of Veracruz to the southeast.
Ecatepec de Morelos Municipality
municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
cathedral in Mexico City
Xochimilco
Xochimilco (; ) is a borough () of Mexico City. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the precolonial period.
Templo Mayor
main Temple of Tenochtitlan
National Palace
Seat of the Executive branch of the Mexican Federal Government in Mexico City
Tlacopan
Tlacopan, also called Tacuba, (, [t͡ɬaˈkóːpan̥], , 'in the forest of trees') was a Tepanec / Mexica altepetl on the western shore of Lake Texcoco. The site is today the neighborhood of Tacuba, in Mexico City.
Texcoco
pre-Columbian city-state
Calixtlahuaca
thumb|300px|Monument 3, Temple of Ehecatl at Calixtlahuaca Calixtlahuaca (from the Nahuatl, where calli means "building", and ixtlahuatl means "prairie" or "plains", hence the translation would be "buildings on the plains"; Otomi: Ndähni, windy town, original Matlatzinca name: Pintanbati) is a Postclassic period Mesoamerican archaeological site, located near the present-day city of Toluca in the State of Mexico. Known originally as Pintanbati and later "Matlatzinco", this urban settlement was a powerful capital whose kings controlled a large territory in the Toluca Valley.
Tenayuca
Tenayuca ( ) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco. It was located approximately to the northwest of Tenochtitlan (the heart of present-day Mexico City).
Santa Cecilia Acatitlan
Mesoamerican archaeological site in Mexico State, Mexico
El Tepozteco
archaeological site in Mexico, Mexico
Cerro de la Estrella National Park
national park in Mexico
Castillo de Teayo
fortification
Texcotzingo
Texcotzingo (alternatively, Tetzcotzingo) is claimed to be one of the first extant botanical gardens in the world, along with Moctezuma's gardens in Huastepec. The gardens and archaeological site are located roughly 20 miles northeast of central Mexico City, Mexico.
Archeological site of Malinalco
archaeological site in Malinalco, Mexico
Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
art museum in Mexico City
Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo
national museum in Mexico City, Mexico
Nacional Monte de Piedad
Private Assistance Institution
Acozac
Acozac (Ixtapaluca) is an archaeological site located in the Municipality of Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico, Mexico. The site is at kilometer 30 of federal road Mexico City–Puebla, towards Ixtapaluca.
Teopanzolco
thumb|300px|Building 13, the temple of Tezcatlipoca Teopanzolco is an Aztec archaeological site in the Mexican state of Morelos. Due to urban growth, it now lies within the modern city of Cuernavaca. Most of the visible remains date from the Middle to Late Postclassic Period (1300-1521).
Cerro Mesa Ahumada
hill in Hidalgo, Mexico
Lake Chalco
lake in Mexico
Chapultepec aqueduct
monument in Mexico City, Mexico
Tlatelolco
archaeological site in Mexico City
Xaltocan
thumb|right|upright=0.9|Map of the Valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest showing the location of lake Xaltocan.