The Floating Causeways of Tenochtitlan

Before the Spanish arrived, Tenochtitlan was a city on an island, connected to the mainland by three monumental causeways: Iztapalapa, Tlacopan, and Tepeyac. Lucas and Luna explore how these stone-and-earth roads were built, how they controlled access to the city, and how they became the final battlefield where Cuauhtémoc made his last stand. Along the way, they uncover the massive engineering effort behind the causeways—including the removable bridges that could turn them into defensive chokepoints—and the role of the nearby dike of Nezahualcoyotl in keeping the waters at bay. This episode also touches on what Bernal Díaz del Castillo witnessed when he first stepped onto the causeway from Iztapalapa, and how Cortés used them to lay siege to the city in 1521. #Tenochtitlan #Causeways #Aztec #Mexica #Iztapalapa #Tlacopan #Tepeyac #Cuauhtémoc #Cortés #BernalDíaz #LakeTexcoco #Albarradón #Nezahualcoyotl #Mesoamerica #FexingoHistory #History #Engineering #Siege Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo