One of the reasons I picked this ruin is due to the fact that I have visited this ruin in Mexico City, and for those of you that don’t know this ruin is a very historical place for the Mexican community and where the country of Mexico got it start from. This ruin is located right in the heart of Mexico City right next to the capital along with its famous church.
This ruin once was the original capital of the Aztec people of Mexico and was discovered during construction, this ruin was buried for many decades and still had some major stones still connected. The ruins to this day are still intact along with tours running all day long of this beautiful ruin. Even though one can’t step onto the actual grounds of the once capital of Mexico City, you can still witness and see them through the sides and get pretty close to the ancient Aztec stone.
The thing that is most appealing about this ruin is how it is still standing, this ruin was underneath the city for a couple of years and was discovered a couple years ago which is really amazing to the people of Mexico City. When I visited this amazing ruin I could see the amazing architecture that was done and see that these people didn’t have power tools what so ever so when seeing the end results on a 3D model I really started to wonder how they did it and LNG it really took, there’s only so much people can say and look for when it comes to ancient ruins like this.
This a really interesting example. The way that it was unearthed and rediscovered by modern people is so fascinating. Some ruins simple persist as a part of the landscape like derelict ancient castles and forts, but these types of ruins feel very different. It’s like with the romantic era’s fascination with archeology. These rediscovered sites reignited forgotten histories that abandoned ones cant. I think this sense of rediscovery played a big role in how the romantic era’s historicism took root so firmly.