Tlatelolco

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Mexica altepetl archaeological site historical site neighborhood of Mexico City pre-Columbian city-state

Tlatelolco was a major pre-Columbian Mexica (Aztec) city-state and marketplace that later became an important archaeological and historical site within modern Mexico City.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Tlatelolco canonical	10
Tlatelolco housing complex	2
Tlatelolco market	2
Tlatelolco area of Mexico City	1
Tlatelolco ceremonial precinct	1
Tlatelolco urban complex	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mexica altepetl ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ historical site ⓘ neighborhood of Mexico City ⓘ pre-Columbian city-state ⓘ
adjacentTo	Tenochtitlan ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavation	20th century ⓘ
capitalOf	Tlatelolco altepetl ⓘ
conqueredBy	Hernán Cortés ⓘ Spanish conquistadors ⓘ Tenochtitlan ⓘ
culturalLayer	colonial period ⓘ modern period ⓘ pre-Hispanic period ⓘ
dateOfConquest	1521 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mexica ⓘ
eventDate	2 October 1968 ⓘ
eventLocation	1968 Tlatelolco massacre ⓘ surface form: Tlatelolco massacre
foundedBy	Mexica ⓘ surface form: Mexica people dissident group from Mexico-Tenochtitlan ⓘ
foundedInCentury	14th century ⓘ
governedBy	Tlatoani of Tlatelolco ⓘ surface form: tlatoani of Tlatelolco
hasSite	Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco ⓘ Nonoalco-Tlatelolco housing complex ⓘ Plaza de las Tres Culturas ⓘ Santiago Tlatelolco church ⓘ Templo Mayor ⓘ surface form: Templo Mayor de Tlatelolco
hasTemple	main temple dedicated to Mexica deities ⓘ
knownFor	1968 Tlatelolco massacre ⓘ Plaza de las Tres Culturas ⓘ archaeological remains ⓘ large marketplace ⓘ
language	Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
locatedIn	Mexico ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Valley of Mexico ⓘ
marketSpecialization	craft products ⓘ foodstuffs ⓘ luxury goods ⓘ
mergedWith	Tenochtitlan ⓘ
partOf	Aztec Empire ⓘ Mexica ⓘ surface form: Mexica civilization
postConquestUse	colonial parish center ⓘ site of early Franciscan college ⓘ
religion	Aztec religion ⓘ
roleInEconomy	major regional market center ⓘ
roleInTrade	long-distance trade hub ⓘ
symbolizes	interaction of pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mexico ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Tlatelolco
Description of subject: Tlatelolco was a major pre-Columbian Mexica (Aztec) city-state and marketplace that later became an important archaeological and historical site within modern Mexico City.

Referenced by (17)

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

Valley of Mexico → archaeologicalSites → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Tenochtitlan → majorMarketplace → Tlatelolco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlatelolco market

Lake Texcoco → surrounded → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Lake Texcoco → capitalCityOnIslands → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez → notableWork → Tlatelolco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlatelolco housing complex

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez → designed → Tlatelolco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlatelolco housing complex

Tlatoani of Tlatelolco → country → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Tlatoani of Tlatelolco → seatOfGovernment → Tlatelolco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlatelolco ceremonial precinct

Tlatoani of Tlatelolco → associatedWith → Tlatelolco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlatelolco market

Line 3 → hasStation → Tlatelolco ⓘ

subject surface form: Line 3 (Mexico City Metro)

1985 Mexico City earthquake → notableLocationOfDamage → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Tlatelolco Tower → isPartOf → Tlatelolco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlatelolco area of Mexico City

1968 Tlatelolco massacre → location → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Nonoalco-Tlatelolco housing complex → namedAfter → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Plaza de las Tres Culturas → partOf → Tlatelolco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlatelolco urban complex

Santiago Tlatelolco church → locatedIn → Tlatelolco ⓘ

Tlatelolco altepetl → capital → Tlatelolco ⓘ