Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico

Colonial buildings excavated on the Templo Mayor site, including column bases, fountain and pool built on to and into pre-Columbian structures, at 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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Aztec Hueyi Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica Nahua Pre-columbian Templo Tenochtitlan Teocalli

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