“This great system (chinampas) is all that’s left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco is a living archeological zone,” Cruz said.

Fascinated by historical descriptions of Mexico-Tenochtitlán, he embarked on this endeavor to "bring Tenochtitlan back ... a ...

It’s also one of the last remnants of the interconnected lakes that once surrounded Tenochtitlan ... and human-created floating islands called chinampas. Chinampas are floating gardens that ...