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Reconstruction of Moctezuma's Palace in Portrait of Tenochtitlan by Thomas Kole Moctezuma's Palace from the Codex Mendoza (1542). Casas Nuevas de Moctezuma (English: New Houses of Moctezuma) or tecpan [2] is the name of a pre-hispanic residential complex composed of five interconnected palaces with large platforms. [1]
The Templo Mayor (English: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Aztec 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. It was dedicated simultaneously ...
Tenochtitlan, [a] also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, [b] was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [ 3 ]
The fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was an important event in the Spanish conquest of the empire. It occurred in 1521 following extensive negotiations between local factions and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. He was aided by La Malinche, his interpreter and companion, and by thousands of indigenous allies ...
Aztec architecture. Aztec pyramid of Santa Cecilia Acatitlan. Reconstruction of the temple precinct of Tenochtitlan; the great temple. Aztec architecture is a late form of Mesoamerican architecture developed by the Aztec civilization. Much of what is known about this style of architecture comes from the structures that are still standing.
Moctezuma was the son of emperor Huitzilihuitl (meaning 'Hummingbird Feather') and queen Miahuaxihuitl. He was a brother of Chimalpopoca, Tlacaelel I, and Huehue Zaca. He was the grandson of the first ruler of Tenochtitlan. [5] His name meant 'he is angry like a lord' (from the root tēuc- 'lord' combined with the reflexive verb mo/zōma ...
Tula (Otomi: Mämeni) is a Mesoamerican archeological site, which was an important regional center which reached its height as the capital of the Toltec Empire between the fall of Teotihuacan and the rise of Tenochtitlan. It has not been well studied in comparison to these other two sites, and disputes remain as to its political system, area of ...
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. Coordinates: 17°45′13″N 94°45′36″W. Front and side views of Colossal Head 1 now located at Museo de Antropología de Xalapa in Xalapa, Veracruz. This head dates from 1200 to 900 BCE and is 2.9 metres (9 ft 6 in) high and 2.1 metres (6 ft 11 in) wide. San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán or San Lorenzo is the collective ...