House arrest in the Palace of Axayacatl
· Palace of Axayacatl, Tenochtitlan, Aztec Empire (present-day Mexico City, Mexico)
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file After Cortés seized him as a hostage, Moctezuma left his own palace with his retinue and was confined in the Palace of Axayacatl in Tenochtitlan. The linked account states that Moctezuma agreed to move with his retinue to the Axayacatl palace; coordinates represent the documented palace site beneath the modern Nacional Monte de Piedad area.
