The park area has been inhabited and held as special since the pre-Hispanic period, when it became a retreat for Aztec rulers.

It measures 1,250m2 and surrounds a statue of the Aztec ruler nine meters tall in black stone.

Three versions of the family tree of the first Aztec rulers:

Aztec rulers used the myth of the great founder of Tollan to help legitimize their claims to seats of power.

The artefacts of the famous Aztec ruler on display.

Chimalpopoca is a Nahuatl name usually translated as "smoking shield", also borne by the third Aztec ruler.

He became the Aztec ruler (1525-1526).

Many of the poems are attributed to named Aztec rulers such as Nezahualcoyotl.

Several times during the year he would meet with the Aztec ruler, the tlatoani, who would ritually adorn him.

Over 500 years ago, Aztec rulers had fresh fish brought to them by a 30-hour relay of runners from Veracruz to Mexico City.