MEXICO (TENOCHTITLAN) - 3D Timelapse (NO AI)

500 years ago, Mexico City stood on an island in the middle of a lake. Watch the whole story, from the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1325 to the giant city of today, as a 3D timelapse. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 A big lake between the mountains 0:17 The Aztecs arrive by canoe 0:36 The eagle on the cactus: Tenochtitlan is born 0:51 A city built out into the lake 1:34 The Aztec Empire: roads across the water 2:24 The Great Temple 2:56 Cortés arrives, the siege, the fall 3:33 A Spanish city on the ruins 3:50 Draining the lake 4:10 The great flood of 1629 4:24 The lake disappears 4:57 Mexico is free 5:05 War with the US, an emperor's road 5:35 The Grand Canal and the Revolution 6:03 Bellas Artes and Torre Latinoamericana 6:40 A city on the dry lake bed 6:56 The Great Temple is found 7:03 The 1985 earthquake 7:23 The towers of Reforma 7:58 Mexico City today 8:14 Then and now 8:26 The whole story in 20 seconds Pictures: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.