After Tenochtitlán was razed to the ground by the Concuistadores in 1521, modern-day Mexico City currently sits on a now-dry Lake Textoco while La Serenissima is sinking—what a bizarre fate for the two most famous cities built on water.
by JustabraveKrumpingit
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Tenochtitlan: peaked at 300,000, gets conquered by Spain after existing for like 80 years
Venice: peaked at 650,000 gets conquered by Napoleon after exiting for 1,100 years
Tenochtitlan: we’re the same
When your urban engineering is centuries ahead of Europe
Lake WHAT
VENICE 💪💪💪💪💪💪
THEY HAVE THE BELESSINGS OF SAINT MARK
la Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia was one of the most IMPRESIVE nations/empires/civilizations in the history of mankind
what they achieved being so small and so few has almost no comparison
damn, i want to go to venezia again
Rome, Venice, Tenochtitlan, Washington DC, Houston, etc: major cities and former or active capitals that were built on swampland/lakes/lagoons.
Mexico City is also sinking and has problems with flooding and water shortages in the poorest neighborhoods, since building a giant city with thousands of people on a lake is like a very bad idea and even more so if you decide to dry up that lake.