When most people think of big cities, picture Los Angeles, Hong Kong, or New York. Actually, the world’s largest city is Mexico City, and which has about twenty million inhabitants. The modern city was founded by the Spaniards in 1521 on the ruins of the ancient Aztec capital. They destroyed and built the new city in sixteenth-century European style, and with a large public plaza as the city’s center. By stretching from this plaza like the spokes of a wheel are several wide avenues that lead into the city. Before Mexico’s independence in 1821 served as the capital of the Spanish Empire in America. In 1847, during Mexico’s war with the United States, the city was invaded by American troops. Today, Mexico City is the capital of the largest nation
