Speaking at the president’s regular press conference, Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada said that it is an artistic and documentary piece that will bring the memory of this city built on water to every corner of the country.

The official highlighted the “migration that traveled long distances to reach the lake basin in the middle of the lakes, a people who came in search of a sign: the eagle perched on a cactus, devouring a snake,” which is captured on the postage stamp.

“This symbol of strength, of the union between the human and the sacred, is the essence of our origins. It represents the founding of a city that was not only the political and cultural center of Mesoamerica, but also an emblem of resistance and splendor,” she said.

According to Violeta Abreu, Director General of the Mexican Postal Service, the 200,000 stamps that begin their journey this Wednesday constitute “a graphic, cultural, and symbolic testimony of our ancestral history.”

Their design includes a QR code that will provide access to more information about this important celebration.

As part of the initiatives to celebrate the date, there is also an immersive experience of the cosmic codex of Mexico-Tenochtitlan and the main event, which will recreate, among other events, the pilgrimages of the Mexica people next Saturday.

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