https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mexic...01908.html
Walking for hours through the gritty streets in the center of Mexico City you can hear the daily urban soundtrack: Car engines, the call of the man who buys scrap metal and the handbells that announce the passing of a garbage truck.
It's hard to imagine that some of these streets trace the outline of what was, five centuries ago, Tenochtitlan, a sophisticated city on an island in a bridge-studded lake where a great civilization flourished.
The Aztec emperors who ruled much of the land that became Mexico were defeated by a Spanish-led force that seized the city on August 13, 1521.
Despite all that was lost in the epic event 500 years ago — an empire and countless Indigenous lives — much remains of that civilization on the anniversary of its collapse. Vestiges lie beneath the streets, in the minds of the people, and on their plates.
You know, 500 years may sound like a long time, but I think a lot of people will be surprised by how recent this is. After all, many people incorrectly believe that the Aztecs lived thousands of years ago, rather than merely hundreds!
Still, I'm glad to see this being commemorated - and the replica temple looks nice, even if it does look rather out of place next to modern buildings !
Walking for hours through the gritty streets in the center of Mexico City you can hear the daily urban soundtrack: Car engines, the call of the man who buys scrap metal and the handbells that announce the passing of a garbage truck.
It's hard to imagine that some of these streets trace the outline of what was, five centuries ago, Tenochtitlan, a sophisticated city on an island in a bridge-studded lake where a great civilization flourished.
The Aztec emperors who ruled much of the land that became Mexico were defeated by a Spanish-led force that seized the city on August 13, 1521.
Despite all that was lost in the epic event 500 years ago — an empire and countless Indigenous lives — much remains of that civilization on the anniversary of its collapse. Vestiges lie beneath the streets, in the minds of the people, and on their plates.
You know, 500 years may sound like a long time, but I think a lot of people will be surprised by how recent this is. After all, many people incorrectly believe that the Aztecs lived thousands of years ago, rather than merely hundreds!
Still, I'm glad to see this being commemorated - and the replica temple looks nice, even if it does look rather out of place next to modern buildings !
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