The largest Spanish-speaking city in the world is set to host cultural activities that will enliven the grand Zócalo ...

Tenochtitlan: A Retelling of The Conquest : Throughline In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one.

As every Mexican schoolchild knows, theirs is a nation forged nearly 500 years ago by the conquests of a Spanish adventurer named Hernando Cortez who subdued the once-proud Aztec Empire with just ...

For centuries, the fall of Tenochtitlan, the majestic, lake-bound capital of the Aztecs or Mexica, has engaged historians and storytellers. To the admiring, conquest was neat, romantic and at once ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...

The fall of Tenochtitlan did not happen all at once. Angry at the imprisonment of Montezuma, the Aztecs did finally lose their illusions about their visitors and mounted a rebellion in June 1520 ...

Each year, the area where Tenochtitlan once stood sinks by between four and five centimeters (1.5-1.9in). Some researchers assure that ever since the conquest in 1521, the ground level has shrunk ...

TRUTH about the Conquistadors Posted: December 27, 2024 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 In 1519 Spanish explorer and Conquistador Hernan Cortez landed on the shore of eastern Mexico with 11 ships ...

HPH265 Tenochtitlan, City of Blood and Flowers: Aztec society in the early sixteenth century (20 credits) Year Running: 2025/2026 Credit level: F5 Description. Since the devastating arrival of the ...

The arrival of Spanish conquistadors in 1519 marked the decline of the Aztec Empire, influenced by both military conflict and religious beliefs. Today, many Mexicans still honor their Aztec heritage.

Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan Stefan Rinke, trans. from the German by Christopher Reid. Oxford Univ, $34.95 (328p) ISBN 978-0-19-755246-9 ...