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Places tagged “templo mayor”

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🇲🇽 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 · Ancient city

Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan

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…