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Mexico City’s floating gardens were built by the Aztecs – now they are under threat
Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family's chinampa — one ...
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Can We Save Mexico City’s Famous Axolotls?
Residents of Xochimilco created chinampas by building rafts from branches layered with mud. The practice may originate with all cultures like the Toltecs, but by the height of the Aztec empire ...