It is the most important monument of the site. This pyramidal base of staggered bodies is characteristic of the religious architecture of the Late Postclassic (1200-1521). As in other buildings of its type, the two main deities were worshipped here: Tlaloc, god of rain and maintenance, and Huitzilopochtli, god of war. The temple was enlarged seven times. The oldest took place around 1250, and the last, between 1450 and 1500. Undoubtedly the Templo Mayor de Tenayuca is the most complete of those preserved in central Mexico, and where the religious and artistic expressions of the Nahua people are still preserved.

Last stage of the Templo Mayor de Tenayuca. View from the south

Last stage of the Great Temple of Tenayuca. View from north to south

Templo Mayor de Tenayuca, stairway of the fifth stage of construction