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The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations, Volume 2

Note 758 — Chapter XVIII · ARCHITECTURE AND DWELLINGS OF THE NAHUAS.

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'Recibia dentro de su hueco todo el suelo en que aora està edificada la Iglesia Maior, Casas del Marquès del Valle, Casas Reales, y Casas Arçobispales, con mucha parte de lo que aora es Plaça, que parece cosa increìble.' Sahagun, quoted in Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. ii., p. 146. To-day the Cathedral stands upon the Plaza, and many houses occupy the spot; see Carbajal Espinosa, Hist. Mex., tom. ii., pp. 226-7, 233-5. Opposite the south gate was the market and 'en face du grand temple se trouvait le palais.' Tezozomoc, Hist. Mex., tom. i., p. 152.

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