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The Templo Mayor was a sacred space, navel of the cosmos, the center radiating four causeways that organized the city layout, while symbolizing the directions…
THE DUALITY OF THE TEMPLO MAYOR
The shrines of Tlaloc, rain god, and Huitzilopochtli, war god, crowned the Templo Mayor.
Duality was the foundation on which…
The shrines of Tlaloc, rain god, and Huitzilopochtli, war god, crowned the Templo Mayor.
Duality was the foundation on which…
Phase 4
The people who lived in this place called themselves Mexicas. They were Nahuatl-speakers who settled in Tenochtitlan and the neighboring city of…
The people who lived in this place called themselves Mexicas. They were Nahuatl-speakers who settled in Tenochtitlan and the neighboring city of…
Phase 4
Axayacatl was the sixth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan (1469-1481 A. D.). In the initial stages of his government he ordered the second expansion of…
Axayacatl was the sixth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan (1469-1481 A. D.). In the initial stages of his government he ordered the second expansion of…
Phase 4
Moctezuma I, the fifth Mexica tlatoani, governed from 1440 to 1469 A. D. During this time the Mexicas consolidated their power, and the Great Temple…
Moctezuma I, the fifth Mexica tlatoani, governed from 1440 to 1469 A. D. During this time the Mexicas consolidated their power, and the Great Temple…
Phase 3
All of the façades of the Great Temple were enlarged during the government of Itzcóatl, the fourth Mexica tlatoani. The remodeling probably occurred…
All of the façades of the Great Temple were enlarged during the government of Itzcóatl, the fourth Mexica tlatoani. The remodeling probably occurred…
vSewer built in 1900, which cuts through Templo Mayor.
Phase 2
During the period from 1375 and 1427 A. D., Tenochtitlan was under the dominion of Azcapotzalco.
Phase 2 is one of the most ancient stages of the…
During the period from 1375 and 1427 A. D., Tenochtitlan was under the dominion of Azcapotzalco.
Phase 2 is one of the most ancient stages of the…
Shrine of Tlaloc
Tláloc the rain god was worshipped by the Mexicas; in fact, his worship by many Mesoamerican peoples dated back to the remote past. This god…
Tláloc the rain god was worshipped by the Mexicas; in fact, his worship by many Mesoamerican peoples dated back to the remote past. This god…
A cross-section where the multiple pyramids can be seen at the same time.
House of the Eagles
One of the most important places in the Sacred Center,was the building known as the House of the Eagles. It was here that the Mexica elite…
One of the most important places in the Sacred Center,was the building known as the House of the Eagles. It was here that the Mexica elite…
House of the eagles, Phase 2.
This construction phase is the best conserved, so that we can see the stairways, porticos, rooms, and a small interior patio.…
This construction phase is the best conserved, so that we can see the stairways, porticos, rooms, and a small interior patio.…
This archaeological zone and museum preserve the remains of the most important Mexica building, the Templo Mayor (Great…