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The
Templo
Mayor
(Spanish
for
"[the]
Greater
Temple")
was
the
main
temple
of
the
Mexica
peoples
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
the
Huēyi
Teōcalli
[we:ˈi
teoːˈkali]
in
the
Nahuatl
language.
It
was
dedicated
simultaneously
to
Huitzilopochtli,
god
of
war,
and
Tlaloc,
god
of
rain
and
agriculture,
each
of
which
had
a
shrine
at
the
top
of
the
pyramid
with
separate
staircases.
The
spire
in
the
center
of
the
adjacent
image
was
devoted
to
Quetzalcoatl
in
his
form
as
the
wind
god,
Ehecatl.
The
Great
Temple
devoted
to
Huitzilopochtli
and
Tlaloc,
measuring
approximately
100
by
80
m
(328
by
262
ft)
at
its
base,
dominated
the
Sacred
Precinct.
Construction
of
the
first
temple
began
sometime
after
1325,
and
it
was
rebuilt
six
times.
The
temple
was
destroyed
by
the
Spanish
in
1521
to
make
way
for
the
new
cathedral.
The
Zócalo,
or
main
plaza
of
Mexico
City
today,
was
developed
to
the
southwest
of
this
archeological
site,
which
is
located
in
the
block
between
Seminario
and
Justo
Sierra
streets.
The
site
is
part
of
the
Historic
Center
of
Mexico
City,
which
was
added
to
the
UNESCO
World
Heritage
List
in
1987.
It
received
801,942
visitors
in
2017.
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