The site

Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica in their capital Tenochtitlan, now buried beneath central Mexico City. Its great pyramid, roughly 100 by 80 meters at the base, carried twin shrines reached by separate staircases, dedicated at once to Huitzilopochtli, god of war, and Tlaloc, god of rain. Begun after 1325 and rebuilt six times, it was razed by the Spanish in 1521, with the city's cathedral raised over its ruins.

Field notes

civilizations

Aztec (Mexica)

types

Temple · Ceremonial pyramid

built

1,325 CE — 1,502 CE

occupied

1,325 CE — 1,521 CE

country

Mexico