🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Teopanzolco
Late Postclassic (Aztec) · Aztec (Tlahuica)
Twin-temple Aztec pyramid (1200–1521 CE) within Cuernavaca — provincial Templo Mayor miniature with buried substructure.
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Postclassic (Aztec) · Aztec (Tlahuica)
Twin-temple Aztec pyramid (1200–1521 CE) within Cuernavaca — provincial Templo Mayor miniature with buried substructure.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Postclassic (Tlahuica / Aztec) · Tlahuica / Aztec
Tlahuica twin-temple pyramid at Teopanzolco — 35×25 m double pyramid c.1200 CE with 11 nests; 2017 earthquake revealed hidden Tlaloc temple.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Postclassic (Aztec/Morelos) · Aztec (Tlahuica–Xochimilca provincial)
Aztec provincial capital (1350–1521 CE) in Morelos — palace, pyramid and 150 ha town at Yautepec valley floor.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Postclassic (Aztec) · Aztec (Tlahuica)
Lakeside Aztec temple center (1200–1521 CE) on Lake Coatetelco — 8-m pyramid on island causeway.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Postclassic (Chichimec / Aztec) · Chichimec / Aztec (Nahua)
Aztec twin-stair Coatepetl pyramid at Tenayuca — 38×22 m 19 m high with 40 serpent-head balustrades, 6 rebuild nests c.1220–1350 CE precursor to Templo Mayor.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Postclassic Aztec (Mexica) · Mexica (Aztec) Triple Alliance
Dual shrine pyramid (Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, 1325–1519 CE) — heart of island city Tenochtitlan (population 200,000 in 1519, larger than most European capitals on Lake Texcoco), built in seven…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Aztec Late Postclassic 1476–1501 CE · Aztec (Mexica)
Rock-cut Cuauhcalli temple 1501 CE, eagle-warrior initiation.