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This project is an artists impression. Though made with great care and respect, it is just one of many possible interpretations of the city.

I invite you to explore for yourself, to get a feel of what Tenochtitlan, the great island city, might have looked like in the early 16th century.


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3D reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, and online 3D viewer, by Thomas Kole.
www.thomaskole.nl
tenochtitlan@thomaskole.nl
You can download the 3D files here.
Creative Commons: CC BY 4.0.

No Artificial Intelligence was used in the creation of this project.
This project, and images of it, may not be used as input for Artificial Intelligence.

Spanish and Central Nahuatl translation by Rodrigo Ortega Acoltzi
This project would not be possible without:
Paul Guinan, Michael E. Smith, Ian Mursell (mexicolore.co.uk), Gerardo Gutierrez, Barbara E. Mundy, Tomas Filsinger, Patricia Murrieta-Flores, Mariana Favila Vázquez, José Luis de Rojas, Israel Hinojosa Baliño, Enrique Ortiz, @Lycaones, Gina Torres-Alves, Oswaldo Morales Napoles, Aldo Sauza, Andrés Semo Garcia, Lucía Sánchez de Bustamante
A list of references can be found here 🡥
Made with Blender, Gimp, three.js. Made for tinkering.
Hosted in Mexico
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