The floating farms known as “chinampas” may have something to teach Venetians and the world. Mexico City’s small urban farms — known locally as chinampas — practice a sort of agriculture in reverse: ...

The word chinampa comes from chinamitl ... When the Spanish arrived in Tenochtitlan in the 16th Century, they were stumped to see roads that were half land and half water, floating farms that ...

They were crouching on a chinampa, an island that appears to float in Lake Xochimilco, part of a complex ecosystem where the Aztec Empire once flourished. The farmer, Dionisio Eslava, expects a ...

“This great system (chinampas) is all that’s left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco is a living archeological zone,” Cruz said.

Fascinated by historical descriptions of Mexico-Tenochtitlán, he embarked on this endeavor to "bring Tenochtitlan back ... a system of agriculture on chinampas, small islets that provided food ...

The chinampas represent a cultivation method ... This is where you’ll find the final remnants of the México-Tenochtitlan lake. This shoving off point into the canals is one of the most popular ...

You can also admire the cool chinampas, floating beds where flowers and produce were grown, smaller settlements like Tlacopan and Azcapotzalco and even the New Fire ceremony, performed once every ...