Aztec document goes on display in Mexico after 186 years abroad
The Codex Azcatitlán, a 16th-century Aztec manuscript, is being displayed in Mexico for the first time in 186 years. France lent the document to mark 200 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations. In exchange, Mexico is lending the Codex Boturini to France for a temporary exhibition.
- ▪The Codex Azcatitlán has been held in France's Bibliothèque Nationale since 1898.
- ▪The temporary exchange of the two codices was agreed upon by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and French President Emmanuel Macron.
- ▪The Codex Azcatitlán will be exhibited at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
- ▪Mexico successfully repatriated more than 2,000 historical objects last year.
- ▪The Codex Boturini depicts the migration of the Aztecs to Lake Texcoco.
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Aztec document goes on display in Mexico after 186 years abroadImage source, API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesImage caption, Codex Azcatitlán tells the story of the Aztecs, including their battle to defend Tenochtitlán from the Spanish conquistadorsByVanessa BuschschlüterLatin America online editorPublished17 minutes agoA centuries-old document telling the story of the Aztec civilisation and its fall after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in pictograms is going on display in Mexico for the first time in 186 years.The manuscript, known as Codex Azcatitlán, has been held in France's Bibliothèque Nationale since 1898, but had already spent decades outside of Mexico before that.It is thought to have been drawn in the 16th Century - a few years after the arrival of the conquistadors in…
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