Templo Mayor - Wikipedia The Templo Mayor (English: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
Templo Mayor - World History Encyclopedia The Templo Mayor or Great Temple (called Hueteocalli by the Aztecs) dominated the central sacred precinct of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan Topped by twin temples dedicated to the war god Huitzilopochtli and the rain god Tlaloc it was a focal point of the Aztec religion and very centre of the Aztec world
Templo Mayor | History Facts | Britannica Templo Mayor, archaeological site located, just off Mexico City’s Plaza de la Constitución, of the Templo Mayor, or the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlán Excavation of the temple, which was first constructed about 1325, began in 1978
Tenochtitlan: Templo Mayor - The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Templo Mayor (Main Temple) in Tenochtitlan, capital of the mighty Aztec empire, was located in the center of the city, where the most important ritual and ceremonial activities in Aztec life took place
The Templo Mayor and the Coyolxauhqui Stone - Smarthistory This monolith led to the discovery of the Templo Mayor, the main Mexica (or Aztec) temple located in the sacred precinct of the former Mexica capital, known as Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City)
The Templo Mayor: The gruesome epicentre of the Aztec cult of human . . . In the middle of the ancient Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was the Templo Mayor, the most sacred building in the Aztec world Its twin staircases and towering raised platforms dominated the sacred area, where priests sacrificed human victims to sustain divine forces
El Templo Mayor, the great Aztec palace in the heart of Mexico City Like many temples in Mesoamerica, the Templo Mayor went through seven phases of construction, the first being completed in 1325, while its final version was mostly destroyed and plundered in 1521 by the Spanish
Templo Mayor: The Sacred Heart of Tenochtitlan - Amusing History Templo Mayor: Amazing Stories from the Heart of the Aztec Empire In the heart of what is now Mexico City once stood the awe-inspiring Templo Mayor, the sacred center of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan
Templo Mayor: Ruins of the Aztec capital in Mexico City But in recent decades, painstaking archaeological excavations below the center of Mexico City have uncovered the remnants of the Templo Mayor These reveal a glimpse of the great Aztec city’s ceremonial center that once stood on the same ground occupied by the Centro Histórico today