COLONIAL AQUEDUCT
Calle Rufino Tamayo, Centro
When the city was founded in the 1520s, a rough canal was built to bring water to the settlement from a mountain spring to the north. In the mid-18th century this canal was reconstructed into a graceful stone aqueduct, the remains of which can be seen by walking north on García Vigil (the street name changes to R. Tamayo). The old aqueduct runs through a charming neighborhood of the city, appropriately called Los Arquitos, and through the barrio of Xochimilco. Another section lines the road to San Felipe del Agua, the source of the water.