Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan
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The Great Pyramid or Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City). Rising some 60 meters above the city's ritual precinct at the time of the conquest, the pyramid was surmounted by dual shrines to the deities Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc.
Numerous smaller buildings and platforms associated with the temple formed a closely-situated complex around its base. A stucco relief depicting a tzompantli, or "skull rack" decorated one platform leading to the temple.
It was last enlarged and rededicated, with over 20,000 people killed, in the year 1487.
External links
- [1]: Website of the Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City
