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Tenochtitlan
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Tenochtitlan
Mexico-Tenochtitlan
(, ), commonly known as
Tenochtitlan
was an
Aztec
altepetl
(
city-state
) located on an island in
Lake Texcoco
, in the
Valley of Mexico
. Founded on June 20 of 1325, it became the capital of the expanding
Mexican Empire
in the 15th century, until
captured by the Spanish in 1521
.
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