"Fall of Tenochtitlan"

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26 July 2025

On July 25, 2025, dancers and the general public visit the Zocalo in Mexico City, Mexico, to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan. This year marks the fall of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance due to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day. Tenochtitlan is a monumental city, built on a lake and prospering for more than a century. Palaces, causeways, wooden bridges, canoes that travel through the canals, and dozens of people walking around the city are part of the descriptions of the place described by conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo in his True History of the Conquest of New Spain.

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26 July 2025

View of the surroundings of the Templo Mayor in the Zocalo of Mexico City, Mexico, on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and what remains a tradition to this day.

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26 July 2025

View of the surroundings of the Templo Mayor in the Zocalo of Mexico City, Mexico, on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and what remains a tradition to this day.

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26 July 2025

Dancing women visit Mexico City's Zocalo on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day, on July 25, 2025.

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26 July 2025

Dancing women visit Mexico City's Zocalo on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day, on July 25, 2025.

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26 July 2025

Dancing women visit Mexico City's Zocalo on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day, on July 25, 2025.

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26 July 2025

View of the surroundings of the Templo Mayor in the Zocalo of Mexico City, Mexico, on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and what remains a tradition to this day.

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26 July 2025

View of the surroundings of the Templo Mayor in the Zocalo of Mexico City, Mexico, on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and what remains a tradition to this day.

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26 July 2025

Dancing women visit Mexico City's Zocalo on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day, on July 25, 2025.

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26 July 2025

Dancing women visit Mexico City's Zocalo on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day, on July 25, 2025.

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26 July 2025

Dancing women visit Mexico City's Zocalo on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day, on July 25, 2025.

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26 July 2025

Dancing women visit Mexico City's Zocalo on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and maintaining its tradition to this day, on July 25, 2025.

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26 July 2025

Workers perform maintenance on structures near the Templo Mayor in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan. This celebration recognizes the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and a tradition that continues to this day.

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26 July 2025

Tourists visit the vicinity of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City's Zocalo, on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and a tradition that continues to this day.

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26 July 2025

A model stands near the Templo Mayor in Mexico City's Zocalo on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and what remains a tradition to this day.

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26 July 2025

Tourists visit the vicinity of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City's Zocalo, on July 25, 2025, on the eve of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, in recognition of the year of the last great civilizations of indigenous resistance that fall to the Spanish invasion and genocide, giving rise to the Aztec empire and a tradition that continues to this day.

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