Tenayuca
Sign in to saveTenayuca ( ) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco. It was located approximately to the northwest of Tenochtitlan (the heart of present-day Mexico City).
Key facts
- Religious building.building_name
- Pyramid of Tenayuca
- Religious building.image
- Tenayuca.jpg
- Religious building.image_size
- 300px
- Religious building.caption
- The Aztec pyramid of Tenayuca
- Religious building.location
- Greater Mexico City
- Religious building.region
- Valley of Mexico
- Religious building.state
- Mexico State
- Religious building.municipality
- Tlalnepantla de Baz
- Religious building.functional_status
- preserved, with museum
- Religious building.website
- Tenayuca at INAH
- Religious building.architecture
- yes
- Religious building.architecture_type
- Temple
- Religious building.architecture_style
- Aztec
- Religious building.facade_direction
- West
- Religious building.length
- 52 meters
- Religious building.width
- 60 meters
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- Tenayuca.jpg
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- Tenayuca
- inception
- 1224-00-00
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- Etymology
- Location
- History
- Genesis of Aztec sacred architecture
- Site layout and description
- Photo gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Tenayuca ( ) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco. It was located approximately to the northwest of Tenochtitlan (the heart of present-day Mexico City).
Tenayuca is considered to be the earliest capital city of the Chichimec, nomadic tribes who migrated and settled in the Valley of Mexico, where they formed their own empire.
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