Codice Durán, Edición privada de Cartón y Papel de México, S.A., México 1975. European-style buildings can be seen in background.  

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      GREAT CHANGES

o consolidate their power, the Spanish forced changes in social, religious, economic, and artistic spheres. They destroyed indigenous art and architecture and outlawed symbols that had represented power and authority in pre-Columbian societies.