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Mexico marks 500 years since Aztec’s capital’s fall

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Mexico City, Aug 12 (EFE).- The esplanade of the Zocalo in Mexico City was filled with flowers, prayers, dances, and rituals on Thursday to mark this year’s 500th anniversary of Tenochtitlan’s fall.Mexico this year marked 500 years since the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.The Spanish won the final battle in Tenochtitlan on 13 August 1521. It was decisive event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. (Camera: AMERICA NERI).SHOT LIST: ILLUMINATED IMAGE OF COYOLXAUHQUI TO COMMEMORATE 500 YEARS OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE IN MEXICO CITY'S ZOCALO, MEXICO.

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