Templo Mayor
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The Templo Mayor 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
Aerial image of the Templo Mayor
View of the Templo Mayor and the surrounding buildings.
Disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxauhqui which was found during construction in 1978
Scale model of the Templo Mayor of Tenōchtitlan showing the various stages as it was enlarged over time.
Aztecs
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The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico from about 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those who spoke
Templo Mayor
…place under the guidance of Moctezuma I. The seventh temple was first mentioned by the conquistadors in 1519, and the temple was last altered by the Aztecs in 1520. The conquistadors then sacked and destroyed the building one year later in 1521. After the destruction of Tenōchtitlan, the Templo Mayor, like…
Aztec metal axe blades. Prior of the arrival of the European settlers, see: Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Large ceramic statue of an Aztec eagle warrior
A page from the Codex Boturini depicting the departure from Aztlán
Ahuitzotl in Codex Mendoza