- Sporadic excavations since the end of the 19th century / beginning of the 20th century, brought to light only some remnants of the Templo Mayor.
- 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.
- Travel back to the years of the Aztec civilisation on your visit to the Templo Mayor Museum, the centre of religious life in the capital of Tenochtitlan.
- The Templo Mayor, which is the largest building in this model, was actually not that old when the Spanish arrived.
- What remains of the Aztecs’ Great Temple (Templo Mayor) sits right in the middle of Mexico City, but many tourists miss it.
- Mexico-City-Templo-Mayor-Today When the Spaniards arrived in Tenochtitlan in 1519, the Aztec capital’s main shrine stood 150 feet high.
- There are few remnants left of what was once the capital of the vast Mesoamerican Empire, but the ruins of their most important temple, the Templo Mayor...
- The Aztecs believed that Templo Mayor was the literal center of the universe, and it stands out today as a focal point of pre-Hispanic history.
- Templo Mayor (translation: main temple) was the centerpiece of Tenochtitlán, the ancient Aztec capital, constructed in 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco.