Tenochtitlan

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archaeological site former capital city historical city

Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a vast and sophisticated metropolis built on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Aztec capital Tenochtitlan 1
Mexica city-states 1
Tenochtitlan (after conquest, as administrative center) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
alliedWith Texcoco ⓘ
Tlacopan polity ⓘ
surface form: Tlacopan
builtOn artificially expanded island ⓘ
island ⓘ
capitalOf Aztec Empire ⓘ
conqueredBy Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Spanish conquistadors ⓘ
conquestDate 1521 ⓘ
country Aztec Empire ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
Tlaloc ⓘ
destroyedIn 1521 ⓘ
foundedBy Mexica ⓘ
surface form: Aztecs

Mexica ⓘ
foundingCentury 14th century ⓘ
foundingDate 1325 ⓘ
governedBy tlatoani ⓘ
knownFor complex canal system ⓘ
large marketplaces ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
languageSpoken Nahuan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nahuatl
locatedIn Lake Texcoco ⓘ
Valley of Mexico ⓘ
central Mexico ⓘ
mainEthnicGroup Mexica ⓘ
majorMarketplace Tlatelolco ⓘ
surface form: Tlatelolco market
majorTemple Templo Mayor ⓘ
notableRuler Ahuitzotl ⓘ
Itzcoatl ⓘ
Moctezuma II ⓘ
partOf Triple Alliance ⓘ
populationEstimate 200000 ⓘ
250000 ⓘ
populationEstimateTime early 16th century ⓘ
presentDayCountry Mexico ⓘ
presentDayLocation Mexico City ⓘ
religion Aztec religion ⓘ
replacedBy Mexico City ⓘ
servedAs economic center of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
political center of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
religious center of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
urbanFeature ceremonial precinct ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
pyramidal temples ⓘ
usedAgriculturalSystem chinampas ⓘ
usedInfrastructure aqueducts ⓘ
canals ⓘ
causeways ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tlatelolco → adjacentTo → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Texcoco polity → alliedWith → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Tlacopan polity → alliedWith → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → associatedPlace → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Aztec Hall → associatedWith → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Codex Boturini → associatedWithCity → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Ahuitzotl → burialPlace → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Aztec Empire → capital → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Triple Alliance → capital → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Nahua → capitalCityHistorically → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Lake Texcoco → capitalCityOnIslands → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Mexica → capitalFounded → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Moctezuma II → capitalOfRealm → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Ahuitzotl → capitalOfRuledEntity → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc → capitalRuled → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → capitalRuled → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Tlaxcala → conflictWith → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Tlatelolco → conqueredBy → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Triple Alliance → country → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → deathPlace → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
subject surface form: Cartas de Relación
Triple Alliance → dominantMember → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Aztec Empire → foundedBy → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → governedCity → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc → governedFrom → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Triple Alliance → hasPart → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Valley of Mexico → historicallyHosted → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica city-states
Templo Mayor → locatedIn → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
La Noche Triste → location → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
La Noche Triste → location → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
this entity surface form: causeways of Tenochtitlan
this entity surface form: Tenochtitlan (after conquest, as administrative center)
Aztec Empire → mainCity → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Mexica → mainCity → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cartas de Relación → mainSubject → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Huitzilopochtli → majorCultCenter → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Mesoamerica → majorSite → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Tlatelolco → mergedWith → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenochtitlan (archaeological remains in Mexico City)
tlatoani → notableExample → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Huitzilopochtli → patronOf → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cartas de Relación → placeDescribed → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Ahuitzotl → placeOfBirth → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc → placeOfBirth → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Itzcoatl → placeOfBirth → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Moctezuma II → placeOfBirth → Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Ahuitzotl → placeOfDeath → Tenochtitlan ⓘ