Texcoco is a city and
municipality located in the
State of Mexico, 25 km northeast of
Mexico City. In the pre-Hispanic era, this was a major
Aztec city on the shores of
Lake Texcoco. After the
Conquest, the city was initially the second most important after Mexico City, but its importance faded over time, becoming more rural in character. Over the colonial and post-independence periods, most of Lake Texcoco was drained and the city is no longer on the shore and much of the municipality is on lakebed. Numerous
Aztec archeological finds have been discovered here, including the 125,000 kilo stone statue of
Tlaloc, which now resides at the
Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.