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La zona arqueológica del Templo Mayor comprende 1.2 hectáreas, predominando sin duda el edificio religioso más importante de Tenochtitlan, dedicado a Huitzilopochtli, dios solar de la guerra, y a Tláloc, el dios de la lluvia. Sin embargo, en sus inmediaciones se rescataron otras construcciones relevantes: hacia el norte tres adoratorios de ...
- Proyecto Templo Mayor
Museo y Zona Arqueológica del Templo Mayor. El 21 de febrero...
- Acerca Del Museo
El Museo del Templo Mayor abrió sus puertas el 12 de octubre...
- Equipo De Investigación Interdisciplinario
Uno de los aspectos prioritarios dentro del Museo del Templo...
- Programa De Arqueología Urbana
Museo y Zona Arqueológica del Templo Mayor. El Programa de...
- Mito De La Peregrinación
La Tira de la Peregrinación señala que Aztlán estaba ubicado...
- Sala 5: Tláloc
Su más importante adoratorio se ubicaba en el Templo Mayor...
- Sala 6: Flora Y Fauna
Recientemente remodelada, esta sala está dedicada a la flora...
- Culturales
Dentro de la política de integración educativa a niños con...
- Cómo Llegar
Museo y Zona Arqueológica del Templo Mayor. ¿Cuál es la...
- Proyecto Templo Mayor
- The Templo Mayor
- The Huitzilopochtli Temple
- The Tlaloc Temple
- Offerings at The Templo Mayor
- The Templo Mayor Today
The city of Tenochtitlan was established in 1325 on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco (much of which has since been filled in to accommodate Mexico City which now exists on this site), and with the city’s foundation the original structure of the Templo Mayor was built. Between 1325 and 1519, the Templo Mayor was expanded, enlarged, and recons...
In the center of the Huitzilopochtli temple was a sacrificial stone. Near the top, standard-bearer figures decorated the stairs. They likely held paper banners and feathers. Serpent balustrades adorn the base of the temple of Huitzilopochtli, and two undulating serpents flank the stairs that led to the base of the Templo Mayor as well. But by far t...
At the top center of the Tlaloc temple is a sculpture of a male figure on his back painted in blue and red. The figure holds a vessel on his abdomen likely to receive offerings. This type of sculpture is called a chacmool, and is older than the Mexica. It was associated with the rain god, in this case, Tlaloc. At the base of the Tlaloc side of the ...
Over a hundred ritual caches or deposits containing thousands of objects have been found associated with the Templo Mayor. Some offerings contained items related to water, like coral, shells, crocodile skeletons, and vessels depicting Tlaloc. Other deposits related to warfare and sacrifice, containing items like human skull masks with obsidian blad...
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 on platforms. The Templo Mayor ...
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The Templo Mayor (English: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The temple was called Huēyi Teōcalli [we:ˈi teoːˈkali] [1] in the Nahuatl language.
- 3,010.86 ha
- 1987 (11th Session)
- Late Postclassic
- Mexico City, Mexico
Feb 5, 2016 · The Templo Mayor was first constructed in the reign of Itzcoatl (r. 1427-1440 CE), improved upon by his successor Motecuhzoma I (r. 1440-1469 CE), and again enlarged during the reign of Ahuitzotl (r. 1486-1502 CE). These rulers, and others, each employed the resources and labour given in tribute by neighbouring states in order to build a more ...
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Jul 1, 2021 · F. Bartolomé Expresión, Templo mayor junio 30, 2021. #TemploMayor EN EL MES en que se cumplen 50 años del sangriento 'halconazo', un grupo de golpeadores se apareció en las inmediaciones del ...
The seven major building phases of the Templo Mayor began with a simple structure, probably dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, built in 1325 when Tenochtitlan was founded. Subsequently the Templo Mayor grew enormously both in size and elaboration, resulting in the impressive structure seen by the Spaniards in 1519.
