Among imposing buildings and old houses, is the street Tacuba in the historic center of Mexico City. However, few know that this street is considered as The oldest not only in the country, but of America. Their more than eight kilometers They travel the architecture of the Mexican capital, keeping emblematic buildings where some of the historical events that marked the life of the country occurred. Therefore, we share the History of Tacuba Street, The oldest in America.
Located next to the Central Alameda, Tacuba Street travels from the Zocalo to Naucalpan.Joel Carillet / Getty Images.
Tacuba Street
Considered as the oldest in America, Tacuba street is located in the Historic Center of Mexico City and was built between 1377 and 1389, before the Spanish conquest. Measures more than eight kilometersbegins in the Zocalo and ends almost in Naucalpan, in the British pantheon, so it is estimated that the time to travel is 1 hour and 44 minutes.
Currently, this street is divided into Five different names or sections: Tacuba, Avenida Hidalgo, Puente de Alvarado, Ribera de San Cosme and Mexico-Tacuba.
Its origin
Initially, Tacuba street was built by the Mexica in the fourteenth centurycalled as a road Tlacopanwhose meaning was «place on the rods» in Nahuatl, since it reached the west of the Valley of Mexico. However, it was the Spaniards who after his arrival changed his name to Calzada Mexico-Tacuba.
The oldest in America
According to historians, Tacuba street was one of the original footwear from Mexico-Tenochtitlan, The capital that the Mexicans founded in 1325. If it is considered that this street was built between 1377 and 1389, being the main route that Tenochtitlan joined, an island in Lake Texcoco with the mainland, it can be said that It is the oldest street in America of which you have registration.
Historical buildings and facts
Tacuba Street is relevant not only for being considered the oldest in America, but this houses architectural jewels and monuments, in which important events that are part of the country's history were developed.