Nezahualcóyotl dike
Albarradón de Nezahualcóyotl
- Date
- 1449 · confidence high
- Place
- Lake Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico
- Credited to
- Nezahualcóyotl and Moctezuma I (Triple Alliance)
- People
- 👤 Moctezuma Ilhuicamina1398–1469👤 Nezahualcóyotl1402–1472
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A 16 km dike of stone and stakes that divided the lake, separating the brackish water of Texcoco from the fresh water surrounding Tenochtitlan and protecting it from floods. It made the lake city and its chinampas viable.
Built after the flood of 1446.
What it led to
- flood control for Tenochtitlan
- the separation of fresh and brackish water