waTeR and aLTePeTL in The LaTe sixTeenTh-cenTuRy ciTy • 19501 mileAREA OF
PROPOSED FILLN
Causeway to Tacuba (Tlacopan)^
with aqueduct to ChapultepecCauseway to
Tacuba (Tlacopan)AlamedaMARÍA
CUEPOPANSAN JUAN SAN PABLO TEOPAN
MOYOTLANSAN SEBASTIÁN
ATZACOALCOSan José de
los NaturalesSan Francisco
Tianguis
Tecpan of MexicoSan Sebastián
Santa MaríaPlaza MayorSan PabloSan Antonio AbadSan Lázaro dike
(formerly Ahuitzotl dike)Causeway to TepeyacacLake TetzcocoCauseway of San Ju anCauseway to TenayucaCauseway to
IxtapalapaSantiago
TlatelolcoSPANISH
TRAZAAqueduct fr om NonoalcoPiedad causewayfiguRe 9.2. Map of Mexico City showing proposal to fill the laguna, ca. 1545, by Olga Vanegas.