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The Zócalo, or main plaza of Mexico City today, was developed to the southwest of Templo Mayor, which is located in the block between Seminario and Justo Sierra streets. The site is part of the Historic Center of Mexico City , which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.
The Templo Mayor Museum was inaugurated in 1987. This building was designed to exhibit the archaeological findings of the zone that used to be the Main Temple of Mexica peoples. The collection shows the political, military and aesthetic relevance of the city that dominated Mesoamerica before the Spaniards arrived.
The Templo Mayor site includes a series of constructions, buildings, pyramids and shrines. The main tower had two teocalli shrines atop and from there, one could stroll down onto all of the most important aspects of the political, religious and economic life of the city.
The Zócalo and surrounding blocks have played a central role in the city's planning and geography for almost 700 years. The site is just one block southwest of the Templo Mayor, which, according to Aztec legend and mythology, was considered the center of the universe.
Feb 5, 2016 · The Templo Mayor or Great Temple (called Hueteocalli by the Aztecs) dominated the central sacred precinct of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. Topped by twin temples dedicated to the war god Huitzilopochtli and the rain god Tlaloc it was a focal point of the Aztec religion and very centre of the Aztec world.
- Mark Cartwright
Nov 24, 2020 · The Templo Mayor site is in the historic heart of the city, just off the Zocalo and next to the imposing Spanish baroque Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.
Inicio. El museo está abierto de martes a domingo de 09:00 a 17:00 horas. Exposiciones temporales. Insignias de los Dioses. La madera en el Templo Mayor. Hasta enero de 2024 En 1958, el antiguo Museo Nacional –que se ubicó en la calle de Moneda, en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México– recibió la... "Tenochtitlan y Tlatelolco.
