Tlatelolco Ran the Grandest Market in the Aztec World
Tlatelolco was Tenochtitlan’s twin Aztec city, home to a marketplace that awed the conquistadors and the site of the empire’s final stand.
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Tlatelolco was Tenochtitlan’s twin Aztec city, home to a marketplace that awed the conquistadors and the site of the empire’s final stand.
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