Popotla, Mexico City, Mexico, North America. The ancient Montezuma bald cypress, aka ahuehuete tree where, according to tradition, Hernan Cortes lamented the defeat of his army in the so-called Noche Triste or Sad Night, as a result of the Toxcatl massacre. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, published 1892.

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