the location of the palace where the aztec king lived was the national palace.
what was the location of the palace where the aztec king lived?
the national palace
in august 1929, rivera began painting his huge mural in the large stairways and stairwells of the national palace, the center of the mexican government and nation. the national palace is located on the zocalo, the central plaza in mexico city, the place where moctezuma, the aztec king ruled mexico before the arrival of the spanish. the mexican government commissioned rivera and other famous mexican artists including orozco and siquieros to paint scenes about mexican history. rivera was hired by the government to portray native people in a better light, and to criticize the spaniards. they did this to celebrate the mexican revolution, the overthrow of the porfirio diaz dictatorship, and the new government. "the history of mexico" mural consists of four main sections. the murals are huge, some as big as 70 meters by 9 meters.
the history of mexico (mural)
unwilling to allow the aztecs to continue their practices, madoc instigates war between the aztecs and the much smaller hoamen nation. while the aztecs bring a large army, madoc is able to use welsh technology and superior tactics to overcome them. the hoamen are able to take many prisoners while the aztec king contracts a mortal illness. following the battle madoc shocks the aztecs by releasing the prisoners instead of sacrificing them, and provides leeches to help the aztec king recover from his disease. this leads to a treaty between the aztecs and the hoamen which abolishes human sacrifice. the aztec priests fear to stop the practice, so the aztec king decides that his people will abandon their religion and take up a monotheistic religion based on a god of love.
madoc (poem)