Churches and Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico
Parroquia de la Asuncion Sagrario Metropolitano, parish church built 1750 in Churrigueresque style (left); Metropolitan Cathedral, built 1573-1813, and (bottom) excavations of the Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico. The Main Temple was a stepped pyramid temple topped with 2 shrines dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, on the Recinto Sagrado or ceremonial area of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Mexica people. It was rebuilt 7 times until it was destroyed by Hernan Cortes in 1521. Its remains have been excavated since 1978 and it is part of the Mexico City UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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