The Placa Del Encuentro Moctezuma-Cortés marks the spot where the Aztec emperor Moctezuma the second and the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes met for the first time in fifteen nineteen. Two bronze busts face each other on this small plaza, frozen in a silent confrontation that changed the course of Mexican history. Before this meeting, the two empires lived in total isolation from one another. Today, the metal figures capture the exact moment these worlds collided in the heart of the capital.
Placa Del Encuentro Moctezuma-Cortés
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