Photos: Exploring Mexico City’s Aztec-era farms, the chinampas

Mongabay
Jun 19, 2024, 11:11 am205 pts
XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — Xochimilco is known for its beautiful flowers. From the trumpet-shaped brugmansia to the sun-loving bushy dahlia, it’s no surprise that the word xochimilco means “place of the flowers” in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. Our journey began at a gritty pier hidden below a willow…

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