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A portrait of Tenochtitlan (tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A 3D recreation of the capital of the Aztec empire, with comparisons with modern day Mexico City.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

These renderings are so amazing and accurate.

I spent a lot of time at Templo Mayor, and I always wondered how things would have looked like. This is how getting in a Time Machine and traveling to the past must feel like.

Every time I traveled to Mexico City from Veracruz, I wondered how it must have been for the first Spaniards to encounter such a city for the first time. Now I know.

Absolutely mesmerizing. And the overlays with the city finally helped me understand how the city could have grown on top of the lake.

Thanks for posting!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Xochimilco is a must go if you visit CDMX. There you can find some of the last existing chinampas - floating islands of arable land built on top of the lake bed.

It's unimaginable how complex and built up Tenochtitlan must have been back in its heyday.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It was larger than any of the European capitals in its day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is wonderful, thank you