• Work on the principal temple – Huei Teocalli in the Aztec’s Nahuatl language, or Templo Mayor in Spanish – began soon after the foundation of Tenochtitlan.
  • View of the Templo Mayor and the surrounding buildings. The Templo Mayor (English: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city...
  • Templo = Temple, Mayor = Main -> Main Temple. And the pronunciation is relatively simple for English speakers as long as they know a few finer details.
  • Visit the Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Mexica people, and explore the onsite museum showcasing Aztec artifacts.
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  • The Templo Mayor Museum was inaugurated in 1987. This building was designed to exhibit the archaeological findings of the zone that used to be the Main...
  • In the heart of Mexico City’s Centro Historico district, the ancient Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan lies the ruins of Templo Mayor.
  • In the center of the city, which had about 80 buildings, Templo Mayor loomed the largest. The grand temple was constructed of twin pyramids and stood 90 feet high.
  • 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.
  • Remnants of the Templo Mayor, the principal pyramid of the Mexica Empire remain standing in the heart of downtown (just off the Zocalo).
  • The precinct may have contained as many as 78 different structures but the Templo Mayor was by far the tallest and must have dominated the city skyline.
  • Templo Mayor, archaeological site located, just off Mexico City’s Plaza de la Constitución, of the Templo Mayor, or the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlán.