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Tzompantli

Tzompantli

El tzompantli era una celebración feroz de la vida que se entrega y de la muerte que reclama.

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Chac Mool

Chac Mool

Una figura imponente te recibe en la penumbra solemne del Museo Nacional de Antropología.

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Plaza de la Aguilita

Plaza de la Aguilita

Cuentan que fue aquí donde los mexicas, tras una larga peregrinación, vieron la señal que los dioses habían prometido.

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Café Arturo

Café Arturo

Photography: Ana Lorenzana Text: Mariana Ortiz His gaze was lost in something he couldn't understand: an unheard calm. He entered. The place...

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Cuitláhuac

Cuitláhuac

Little is known about the life and work of Cuitláhuac, the historical information is exceedingly scarce.

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Chimalli

Chimalli

One of the basic and most prominent elements within Mexica military attire was the chimalli, which in Nahuatl means shield or protection.

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Clavería

Clavería

In Mexico, the word clavería referred to the office that collected and distributed the rents of the council in the cathedrals.

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Roma

Rome

Where to find the essence of this beloved double colony (the North and the South)?

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Peralvillo

Peralvillo

Capital residents tend to forget that Tlatelolco is originally a very large island, north of Tenochtitlan.

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Tacubaya

Tacubaya

There is a book whose title summarizes very well the historical development of this area 10 kilometers to the southwest of the...

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