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The Templo Mayor is dedicated just to understanding and exploring the center, and to a great extent, the empire, of Mexico-Tenochtitlán. The museum is part of the archaeological zone to the north and east of the Metropolitan Cathedral. The Templo Mayor site includes a series of constructions, buildings, pyramids and shrines.
Dec 6, 2023 · The Templo Mayor today. After the Spanish Conquest in 1521, the Templo Mayor was destroyed, and what did survive remained buried. The stones were reused to build structures like the Cathedral in the newly founded capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1821). If you visit the Templo Mayor today, you can walk through the excavated site ...
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. A 500 años de su caída”. Exposición temporal Del13 de agosto de 2021 al 19 de marzo de 2022.
It was nine years hence, in 1987, that the museum was officially opened, but people have been visiting the site, even during the digging stages, albeit in limited numbers and in restricted areas. The Templo Mayor is today a major attraction in the very heart of downtown Mexico City and is one of Mexico’s most important archaeological sites.
Templo Mayor. Templo Mayor ("the Great Temple") earned its name on account of being the principal temple of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan, dedicated to Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli. The center of Mexica religious and political life, the extraordinary remains of Templo Mayor stand in the heart of Mexico City.
July/August 2014. (Roger Atwood) Templo Mayor. When the Spaniards arrived in Tenochtitlan in 1519, the Aztec capital’s main shrine stood 150 feet high. Little still stands of that building today ...
Los trabajos de investigación continúan hasta la fecha, con nuevas tecnologías. 1991. Se crea el Programa de Arqueología Urbana, dependiente del Proyecto Templo Mayor, que realiza excavaciones en el primer cuadro de la ciudad, entre las que destaca el reciente hallazgo de siete ofrendas en la Casa de las Ajaracas. Ximena Chávez.
