MARCH 11 KISLAK TALKS — BECOMING MEXICO CITY: EARLY MAPS OF THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS METROPOLIS IN THE AMERICAS

Wednesday, March 11 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, join us at the Freedom Tower for Becoming Mexico City: Early Maps of the Oldest Continuous Metropolis in the Americas featuring Dr. Delia Cosentino, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University in Chicago.

This Kislak Talk features a series of maps made during the first 100 years of Spanish colonial rule, showing how the capital city of Mexico took shape, both in terms of urban planning and in the imagination. Cartography by both native and European artists demonstrates how the capital of the Aztec Empire, called Tenochtitlan, provided the foundations for the early modern Spanish capital that replaced it.

The maps showcase Aztec migration and mythology, the incursion of Hispanic elements into native spaces, and other intriguing aspects of the oldest continuous metropolis in the Americas.