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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1325-1521 (inclusive); excavated 1978-1982 (other)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Mesoamerican)en_US
dc.date1325-1521en_US
dc.date1978-1982en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-22T16:21:36Z
dc.date.available2013-01-22T16:21:36Z
dc.date.issued1325-1521en_US
dc.date.issued1978-1982en_US
dc.identifier185888en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1872en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/93113
dc.descriptionModel of the Templo Mayor within Teocalli and the latter within Tenochtitlán; The Great Temple was at the center of Tenochtitlán, the former city on the site founded ca. 1325 by the Mexica people, one of several Aztec groups. A rectilinear urban plan was developed, with large open spaces for communal activities; at its centre was a huge ceremonial precinct containing the most important pyramidal temple, the Templo Mayor (Great Temple), dedicated at the time of the city’s founding jointly to Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec patron god of war, and to Tlaloc, the god of rain. The Templo Mayor was the symbolic as well as the physical centre of the Aztec universe, and during the following two centuries of Aztec expansion, when Tenochtitlán became the imperial capital, the structure was enlarged and rebuilt many times. Facing north, the twin temples at its summit looked out on the setting sun. The temple on the left to the north was dedicated to Tlaloc and the southern one to Huitzilopochtil. Both temples were fronted by two enormous staircases bordered by four ramps with serpent motifs. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/22/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectMexico Historyen_US
dc.subjectAztecen_US
dc.subjectPostclassicen_US
dc.titleTemplo Mayoren_US
dc.title.alternativeGreat Templeen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-M-MC-TM-A12en_US
vra.culturalContextMesoamerican Aztecen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Mesoamerican)en_US


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