The conquering Spaniards destroyed the island city of Tenochtitlan and started to drain the lake that surrounded it. They built the capital of New Spain, Mexico City, the “city of palaces”, on the ...

SANTA FE, NM – The oldest capital city in the United States ... was then the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico, part of Spanish-ruled New Spain. Today, it’s a small, lively city and ...