Zonas Arqueológicas

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Tenayuca

First capital of the Chichimecas of Xólotl (end of the twelfth century) until it was moved to Texcoco. It still contains an extraordinary pyramid crowned with twin temples dedicated to Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli, with glyphs on many steps and surrounded by a wall of serpents.

Tenayuca II

With only 330 yards separating them, Tenayuca II is considered to be part of Tenayuca. The site has an interesting housing complex.

Teotenango

To the south of the Toluca Valley, this was successively a civic and religious center, a walled city and a military garrison (650-1550 AD). A jaguar is sculpted in bas-relief on a monolith in the impressive Plaza of the Jaguar. There are also other stone reliefs.

Teotihuacán

The great Mesoamerican city was at the heart of politics, the economy, trade, religion and culture. Its influence reached such distant places as Tikal. The city of Teotihuacan was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987, owing to the outstanding value of its monumental building…

Tetzcotzinco

A place of great beauty, popularly known as “Nezahualcoyotl’s Baths” (1421-1521 AD). Designed by the famous poet king of Texcoco, it is said he came here to fast and meditate.  Remarkable for its water works (aqueducts, pools and canals).

Tlapacoya

A very ancient site in the Valley of Mexico, on the shore of Lake Chalco, which is practically dry today. It was one of the earliest ceremonial centers in Mesoamerica. Human remains from the site date back 25,000 years and the site is famous for its small female clay figures.

Tocuila

Paleontological deposit, whose density in terms of elements recovered makes it one of the richest deposits of late Pleistocene and early Holocene fauna excavated to date in the entire American continent.